eLife has announced the launch of Preprint Review, which brings high-quality peer review to the preprint server bioRxiv.
Preprint Review offers authors who have embraced the speed and efficiency of sharing their research as preprints the opportunity to have eLife review their work directly on bioRxiv and simultaneously considered for publication in the journal.
Since its inception, eLife has worked to improve transparency in peer review and more effectively convey the assessment of reviewers to authors and readers. This ambition is reflected in the journal’s current process, where anyone can read the peer-review reports and editors' assessment for all published eLife papers. Preprint Review is a further step, ensuring that everyone, not just authors, can benefit directly from the hard work of expert editors and reviewers.
Manuscripts submitted to Preprint Review will bypass editorial selection and, subject to availability of editors, proceed directly to peer review. Review will be carried out in the same way as other submissions: an eLife editor will solicit feedback from several experts in the field and, after their assessments, the editors and reviewers will consult and make a publishing decision.
The innovative aspect of Preprint Review is that, irrespective of the publishing decision, the reviews will be posted to bioRxiv, where they will appear alongside the manuscript.
More details about Preprint Review and how to opt into the process can be found at https://elifesciences.org/inside-elife/d0c5d114/new-from-elife-invitation-to-submit-to-preprint-review.
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