We hope your summer (or winter, depending on your hemisphere) is off to a great start. Here are some highlights from us in the office from the months since our last update:
ReimagineReview
A screenshot of ReimagineReview
Earlier this year, we launched a directory of innovative peer review experiments, both inside and outside of the journal system. Called ReimagineReview, the site enables visitors to search for projects by discipline, content reviewed (preprints, published journal articles, etc) and problems the projects seek to address (eg transparency, quality of review, speed, incentives and recognition for reviewing, costs, bias in review, or reviewer training).
We’re now planning to engage the community of project leads in creating a community of practice and also increasing awareness of their work in the broader community. Stay tuned for a session at the 2019 ASCB|EMBO meeting!
We hope you enjoy exploring the directory. Please let us know of any projects that are missing by contacting the ReimagineReview Coordinator, Victoria Yan (victoria.yan at asapbio.org)!
Transpose
A screenshot of Transpose
There are currently almost 3,000 records in the database; while many of them were added by editors and publishers, we encourage anyone to contribute. All of the Transpose data are CC0 so that they can be reused in other projects. In the long term, we hope that information about peer review policies might become integrated into more stable infrastructure, like Crossref or SHERPA/RoMEO. We are also continuing to analyze data from our landscape study, and are planning to develop model policies in consultation with the community
Working with a group of collaborators, we launched a Transpose, a directory of journal policies on open peer review, co-reviewing, and preprinting. We found that many highly-cited journals have vague or non-existent policies in these areas. As a result, authors, funders, reviewers, and others can have difficulty finding journals that align with their values. To make this process easier, Transpose enables users to compare up to three different journals side by side:
Screenshot of Transpose being used to compare journals. Watch a demonstration for how to do this online: https://youtu.be/S4A8cQr0EVw
Recent news about preprints
NIH CSR reiterates to study section reviewers that preprints may be cited in applications feedback. This communication from the CSR was received in response to feedback about the review process we gathered and submitted earlier this year.
Did you know? We curate a list of new works about the adoption and impact of preprints at https://asapbio.org/reading. For example: in June, Nicholas Fraser et al. preprinted their data and analysis showing that journal articles that had been previously deposited as a preprint (posted to bioRxiv before 2018) gained 1.5x more citations than a control group of articles that were not preprinted (https://doi.org/10.1101/673665).
Are you giving a talk about preprints, peer review or transparency in science? You can browse and reuse slide decks we’ve presented before from asapbio.org/resources.
Upcoming events
Find us at the following events in the next few months:
Dear subscribers,
We hope your summer (or winter, depending on your hemisphere) is off to a great start. Here are some highlights from us in the office from the months since our last update:
ReimagineReview
Earlier this year, we launched a directory of innovative peer review experiments, both inside and outside of the journal system. Called ReimagineReview, the site enables visitors to search for projects by discipline, content reviewed (preprints, published journal articles, etc) and problems the projects seek to address (eg transparency, quality of review, speed, incentives and recognition for reviewing, costs, bias in review, or reviewer training).
We’re now planning to engage the community of project leads in creating a community of practice and also increasing awareness of their work in the broader community. Stay tuned for a session at the 2019 ASCB|EMBO meeting!
We hope you enjoy exploring the directory. Please let us know of any projects that are missing by contacting the ReimagineReview Coordinator, Victoria Yan (victoria.yan at asapbio.org)!
Transpose
There are currently almost 3,000 records in the database; while many of them were added by editors and publishers, we encourage anyone to contribute. All of the Transpose data are CC0 so that they can be reused in other projects. In the long term, we hope that information about peer review policies might become integrated into more stable infrastructure, like Crossref or SHERPA/RoMEO. We are also continuing to analyze data from our landscape study, and are planning to develop model policies in consultation with the community
Working with a group of collaborators, we launched a Transpose, a directory of journal policies on open peer review, co-reviewing, and preprinting. We found that many highly-cited journals have vague or non-existent policies in these areas. As a result, authors, funders, reviewers, and others can have difficulty finding journals that align with their values. To make this process easier, Transpose enables users to compare up to three different journals side by side:
Recent news about preprints
NIH CSR reiterates to study section reviewers that preprints may be cited in applications feedback. This communication from the CSR was received in response to feedback about the review process we gathered and submitted earlier this year.
Did you know? We curate a list of new works about the adoption and impact of preprints at https://asapbio.org/reading. For example: in June, Nicholas Fraser et al. preprinted their data and analysis showing that journal articles that had been previously deposited as a preprint (posted to bioRxiv before 2018) gained 1.5x more citations than a control group of articles that were not preprinted (https://doi.org/10.1101/673665).
Are you giving a talk about preprints, peer review or transparency in science? You can browse and reuse slide decks we’ve presented before from asapbio.org/resources.
Upcoming events
Find us at the following events in the next few months:
Roundup
Here’s what’s been going on since our last newsletter:
Until next time,
Jessica Polka & Naomi Penfold
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