Academic publisher Palgrave Macmillan has launched an open and transparent peer review trial for academic books in the humanities and social sciences.
The trial, which is live at www.palgraveopenreview.com, will run for six weeks and is the first open peer review trial for book proposals. Academics from all disciplines, in all locations and at all stages in their career are encouraged to take part. It will include seven monograph proposals, one edited collection, and one proposal for a Palgrave Pivot, the mid-length ebook format from Palgrave Macmillan.
Palgrave Macmillan is a global academic and business publisher for the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS). From journals, mid-length research and monographs to world-class reference and general non-fiction, Palgrave Macmillan offers readers and authors a single source for the very best in professional learning and scholarship, reaching the maximum readership with works of the highest quality.