Peer Review Week – it’s back!

Peer Review Week is set for 19th-25th September 2016. It is an increasingly global event bringing together diverse individuals, institutions, publishers and organizations committed to sharing the central message that robust peer review, whatever the particular model, is critical to science communication. The theme this year is “Recognition for Review”, exploring how those participating in review activity, ranging from reviewing manuscripts, grants, conference submissions through to applications for promotion and tenure, could be recognized for their contribution. Last year, BioMed Central and Springer got involved in Peer Review Week and highlighted some of the resources we had to offer and various research and initiatives underway. We are constantly looking for ways to improve the peer review process. At BioMed Central we have always supported diversity in models of peer review and have journals operating the traditional single-blind peer review (where authors do not know who the reviewers are), double-blind peer review (where neither authors or reviewers know each other’s identity) and fully open peer review (where authors know who the reviewers are and if the manuscript is published the reading public can read the named reviewers’ reports). Although there are pros and cons to all models of peer review, openness assists in training of peer reviewers, facilitates further research on how peer review operates, can lead to an increase in the overall quality of reviewer ...
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