121: Transparent peer review

Dan and James discuss the pros and cons of transparent peer-review, in which peer review reports are published alongside manuscripts, as a keynote feature at the recent Munin Conference on scholarly publishing. Here's what they cover and some links: Watch the video of this episode (https://youtu.be/1Xp3IXaq970) on the Everything Hertz YouTube page What is transparent peer-review? The permanancy of open peer review reports CLOCKSS (https://clockss.org/) provides a sustainable dark archive to ensure the long-term survival of Web-based scholarly content Open peer reviews provide additional info for historians What changes when you know that your review is going to be public? A Motte-and-bailey castle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_castle) An update and summary of the 450 movement (https://medium.com/@jamesheathers/the-450-movement-1f86132a29bd) Involving patients/user representatives in the peer review and disemination process The GRIM test (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRIM_test) What about the publication of peer review reports for papers that are rejected? The mega-analysis paper (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/psyp.13688) that Dan and James were co-authors on Thank you to the organisers of the Munin conference for the invitation! Other links - Dan on twitter (www.twitter.com/dsquintana) - James on twitter (www.twitter.com/jamesheathers) - Everything Hertz on twitter (www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast) - Everything Hertz on Facebook (www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast/) Music credits: Lee Rosevere (freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/) Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/hertzpodcast) and get bonus stuff! One dollar a month: 20% discount on Everything Hertz merchandise, a monthly newsletter, access to the occasional bonus episode, and the the warm feeling you're supporting the show - Five dollars a month or more: All the stuff you get in the one dollar tier PLUS a bonus episode every month Episode citation Quintana, D.S., Heathers, J.A.J. (Hosts). (2020, December 7) "121: Transparent peer review", Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/S2948