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Correspondence

Nature 422, 661 (17 April 2003) | doi:10.1038/422661b

Peer review and the rewards of open access

Peter Newmark1

  1. Editorial Director, BioMed Central, 34–42 Cleveland Street, London W1T 4LB, UK

Eugene Koonin's suggestion in Correspondence (Nature 422, 374; 200310.1038/422374c) that a journal should reward swift peer-reviewers by equally swiftly processing any articles that they themselves submit is an interesting one.