Recommendations for accelerating open preprint peer review to improve the culture of science
PLoS Biology, vol. 22, pp. e3002502
Abstract
Peer review is an important part of the scientific process, but traditional peer review at journals is coming under increased scrutiny for its inefficiency and lack of transparency. As preprints become more widely used and accepted, they raise the possibility of rethinking the peer-review process. Preprints are enabling new forms of peer review that have the potential to be more thorough, inclusive, and collegial than traditional journal peer review, and to thus fundamentally shift the culture of peer review toward constructive collaboration. In this Consensus View, we make a call to action to stakeholders in the community to accelerate the growing momentum of preprint sharing and provide recommendations to empower researchers to provide open and constructive peer review for preprints.
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Michele Avissar-Whiting corresponding
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Office of the President, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America
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Frédérique Belliard corresponding
TU Delft OPEN Publishing · Delft University of Technology
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TU Delft OPEN Publishing, Delft University of Technology-TU Delft Library, Delft, the Netherlands
TU Delft OPEN Publishing, Delft University of Technology—TU Delft Library, Delft, the Netherlands
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Stefano Bertozzi corresponding
University of California, Berkeley
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Department of Public Health, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Amy Brand corresponding
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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The MIT Press, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Géraldine Clément-Stoneham corresponding
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Medical Research Council-UKRI, London, United Kingdom
Medical Research Council—UKRI, London, United Kingdom
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Stephanie Dawson corresponding
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ScienceOpen GmbH, ScienceOpen, Berlin, Germany
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Gautam Kumar Dey corresponding
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
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Cell Biology and Biophysics, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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Daniel Ecer corresponding
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Technology, Sciety/eLife, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Scott Edmunds corresponding
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GigaScience Press, GigaScience Press, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
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Ashley Farley corresponding
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Knowledge & Research Services, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Tara D. Fischer corresponding
National Institutes of Health · National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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Biochemistry Section, Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Maryrose Franko corresponding
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Health Research Alliance, Swanton, Vermont, United States of America
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James S. Fraser corresponding
University of California, San Francisco · ASAPbio
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Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco & ASAPbio, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Kathryn Funk corresponding
National Institutes of Health · National Center for Biotechnology Information
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National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Clarisse Gânier corresponding
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Centre for Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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Melissa Harrison corresponding
European Bioinformatics Institute
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Literature Services, EMBL-EBI, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Anna Hatch corresponding
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Office of the President, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America
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Haley F. Hazlett corresponding
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The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Samantha Hindle corresponding
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PREreview, Portland, Oregon, United States of America
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Daniel W. Hook corresponding
Digital Science (United Kingdom)
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Digital Science, London, United Kingdom
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Phil Hurst corresponding
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Publishing Section, The Royal Society, London, United Kingdom
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Sophien Kamoun corresponding
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The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Robert Kiley corresponding
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cOAlition S, Guildford, United Kingdom
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Michael M. Lacy corresponding
American Society for Cell Biology
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The American Society for Cell Biology, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Marcel LaFlamme corresponding
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Open Research, PLOS, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Rebecca N Lawrence corresponding
Faculty of 1000 (United Kingdom)
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F1000, London, United Kingdom
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Thomas Lemberger corresponding
European Molecular Biology Organization
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Open Science Implementation, EMBO, Heidelberg, Germany
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Maria Leptin corresponding
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President's Office, European Research Council, Brussels, Belgium
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Elliott Lumb corresponding
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PeerRef, Pontefract, United Kingdom
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Catriona MacCallum corresponding
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Open Science, Hindawi, London, United Kingdom
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Christopher Steven Marcum corresponding
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Unaffiliated, Washington, DC, United States of America
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Gabriele Marinello corresponding
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Qeios, London, United Kingdom
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Alex Mendonça corresponding
Scientific Electronic Library Online
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SciELO Preprints, SciELO, São Paulo, Brazil
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Sara E. Monaco corresponding
European Molecular Biology Organization
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Review Commons, EMBO, Heidelberg, Germany
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Kleber Neves corresponding
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Science Program, Instituto Serrapilheira, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Damian Pattinson corresponding
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eLife, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Jessica Polka corresponding
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ASAPbio, Somerville, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Iratxe Puebla corresponding
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DataCite, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Martyn Rittman corresponding
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Crossref, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Stephen Royle corresponding
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Biomedical Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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Daniela Saderi corresponding
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PREreview, Portland, Oregon, United States of America
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Richard Sever corresponding
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, New York, United States of America
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Kathleen Shearer corresponding
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COAR (Confederation of Open Access Repositories), Göttingen, Germany
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John E. Spiro corresponding
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Simons Foundation, New York, New York, United States of America
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Bodo M. Stern corresponding
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Office of the President, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America
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Dario Taraborelli corresponding
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States)
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Redwood City, California, United States of America
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Ronald D. Vale corresponding
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · Janelia Research Campus
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Janelia Research Campus, HHMI, Ashburn, Virginia, United States of America
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Claudia G. Vasquez corresponding
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Biochemistry Department, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America
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Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Fiona M. Watt corresponding
European Molecular Biology Organization
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EMBO, Heidelberg, Germany
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Zara Y. Weinberg corresponding
University of California, San Francisco
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Biochemistry & Biophysics Department, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Mark Williams corresponding
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Technology, Sciety/eLife, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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