Academic publisher Taylor and Francis has announced a new trial with Peerage of Science, offering a simpler, transparent peer review process across its portfolio of Botany, Ecology and Zoology journals.
Peerage of Science is now available across 30 journals within this portfolio, including the Journal of Natural History, International Journal of Acarology, and Climate and Development. The journals included in the initiative will enjoy more efficient publishing process, enabling peer review of articles prior to authors submitting to a specific journal. It encourages greater transparency, with submitted articles being made instantly available for review to any of the qualified registered peers. Peer reviews are also themselves reviewed, increasing and quantifying the quality of the overall process.
Peerage of Science was created for researchers by researchers, facilitating greater engagement between authors and journal editors. Authors can submit their manuscript to the service, set their own deadlines for review, and track its progress. Once peer review is complete, the service enables both authors to choose which journal best suits their manuscript, and editors to select articles they feel are suitable for their journal.
The resource aims to speed up the whole publishing process, provide consistent, rigorous and fair reviewing practice, while continuing to offer authors and journal editors the freedom to choice of where and what to publish.
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