[Insight-developers] SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING: The End of the "Review Nightmare" (Part 1)

[Luis Ibanez]

Journal of Biology in experiment to end 'review nightmare'

As of this month, Journal of Biology initiates a 're-review opt-out
scheme' whereby once authors have revised their paper in response to
peer review it is their choice whether the reviewers see it again.
The experiment was inspired by the widespread frustration with current
peer review practices and is strongly supported by a majority of the
Editorial Board of the journal.


   '...something surely needs to be done about
    the review nightmare that so many people face'

                               Arthur Lander, UCSD



     '...what is in the paper is fundamentally the
      responsibility of the authors, not of the reviewers'

                               Robert Horvitz, MIT


In an editorial introducing the scheme, Miranda Robertson, the new
Editor of Journal of Biology, explains that it continues the tradition
of friendliness to authors established by earlier editors, and why its
advantages outweigh its potential dangers. See the accompanying blog for
questions and answers on how it will work, and see below for new content
in January.

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See the editorial at
http://jbiol.com/content/8/1/1