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Rare trial of open peer review allays common concerns

Study suggests that making reviewers’ reports freely readable doesn’t compromise peer-review process.
  1. Dalmeet Singh Chawla
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A rare analysis of open peer review — in which reviews are posted alongside published papers — has overturned some common conceptions about the practice: notably, that it doesn’t put the reviewers off or affect their recommendations on whether to accept a paper.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00500-7

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  1. Bravo, G., Grimaldo, F., López-Iñesta, E., Mehmani, B. & Squazzoni, F. Nature Commun. 10, 322 (2019).

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