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Monday, August 30, 2010

Open Peer Review

Thanks to Adrian Ho for sharing:

The openness movement covers more than just open access and open data. It also addresses the peer review process.  A recent New York Times article discusses scholars' thoughts about opening the review process:

Scholars Test Web Alternative to Peer Review
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/24/arts/24peer.html


The Chronicle of Higher Education has recently run a piece about an open review experiment conducted by a Humanities journal:

Leading Humanities Journal Debuts 'Open' Peer Review, and Likes It
http://chronicle.com/article/Leading-Humanities-Journal/123696/


If you are interested in the future of peer review, take a look at these blog posts:

Assessing the Future of Peer Review
http://blog.historians.org/profession/1065/assessing-the-future-of-peer-review

P ≠ NP and the future of peer review
http://cameronneylon.net/blog/p-%E2%89%A0-np-and-the-future-of-peer-review/
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