BMC, Research Square, and Hypothesis have announced a new collaboration designed to promote transparency, early sharing, and encourage community feedback through annotation during the peer review process. In keeping with its long history in experimentation around new types of peer review, BMC has partnered with Research Square to develop 'In Review', a platform for showcasing manuscripts submitted to four BMC titles: Trials, BMC Anesthesiology, BMC Ophthalmology and BMC Neurology.
Interested authors can select 'In Review' when they submit their manuscript through Editorial Manager. Participating will enable them to track the progress of their manuscript through peer review with immediate access to review reports, share their work to engage a wider community through open annotation using Hypothesis, follow a transparent editorial checklist, and gain early collaboration and citation opportunities. Manuscripts posted in 'In Review' receive a DOI, meaning they are permanent and citable.
Annotation feedback can potentially be used by authors and reviewers to improve manuscripts, and can even be used by editors in helping inform their editorial decision. 'In Review' will give visibility to science at an earlier stage in the publication process by opening papers to community feedback.
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