« Advances in science and technology depend on the work of research teams and the publication of results through peer-reviewed articles representing a growing socio-economic resource. Current methods to mine the scientific literature regarding a field of interest focus on content, but the workforce credited by authorship remains largely unexplored. Notably,…
« This study investigates citation patterns between 2017 and 2020 for preprints published in three preprint servers, one specializing in biology (bioRxiv), one in chemistry (ChemRxiv), and another hosting preprints in all disciplines (Research Square). Showing evidence that preprints are now regularly cited in peer reviewed journal articles, books, and conference…
« One of the first megajournals, PLOS ONE, has played a significant role in changing scholarly communication and in particular peer review, by placing an emphasis on soundness, as opposed to novelty, in published research. Drawing on a study of peer review reports from PLOS ONE recently published as an
« (…) The functions of peer review in scholarly publishing have always been multiple, including the aim of improving the quality of a colleague’s work, but also that of certifying scientific knowledge and determining eligibility to be published (Csiszar, 2018; Fyfe et al., 2017; Horbach & Halffman, 2018). Spurred on by…
« This article briefly reviews the long-lasting commitment of Social Science Information to the critical analysis of orders of knowledge and the conditions for their creation to, subsequently, reflect on the current co-existence of a plurality of orders of justification across society, including the institutions of knowledge production. Furthermore, it suggests…
« The scientific literature peer review workflow is under strain because of the constant growth of submission volume. One response to this is to make initial screening of submissions less time intensive. Reducing screening and review time would save millions of working hours and potentially boost academic productivity. Many platforms have…
« Since its onset, COVID-19 has significantly accelerated and expanded scientific publishing. Drawing on research into open peer review in medical journals, Serge P.J.M. Horbach discusses what impact COVID-19 has had on the practice of peer review and what shifting assessment thresholds for academic research on COVID-19 might suggest about the…
« Peer Community in (PCI) est un processus éditorial de science ouverte participant à la bibliodiversité recommandée par l’appel de Jussieu1, consistant en un service de recommandation de préprints (voire d’
« (…) UKRI have recently announced that they have implemented the ORCID reviewer recognition feature in their grants management system, Je-S. (…) This means that UKRI reviewers can get recognition for their review contribution “without compromising the anonymity and confidentiality of the review process”. This is the first example globally of…
« Les rédacteurs de eLife viennent de changer la politique de leur revue avec des explications très détaillées (1 décembre 2020). En bref, eLife ne considérera que des manuscrits déposés sous forme de pré-publications. Si les manuscrits soumis n’ont pas été déposés sous forme de pré-publications, la…
