What does transparency in peer review mean to you?

The 8th (my 1st) Peer Review Congress had just finished with emotional tributes and a standing ovation to Drummond Rennie (inaugurator of the Congresses) for all his efforts to champion research into  peer review over the years. It had been an interesting and intense few days packed with talks and reunions with colleagues. I couldn’t shake the wistful lyrics of the song which closed all sessions (Budapest by George Ezra) “Give me one good reason why I should never make a change” from my head – but there was no chance to be sad as the satellite session on “Under the microscope – transparency in peer review” was just about to start. With a swift nose blow and sprint for a cup of tea (the aircon was fierce!) I joined the other panellists and people who had stayed on for the discussion. The discussion was recorded and you can watch again here. Alice opened the session describing the aims and aspirations of Peer Review Week 2017 and asked the panellists for their take on transparency. For Irene, this refers to transparent actions from all those involved in peer review – journals: sharing adequate policy information, peer review timelines; authors: being transparent about their conflicts of interest, funding and research materials. Irene also advocated for reviewer reports content and editorial correspondence to be published alongside articles to help distinguish journals who follow good practices from those that do not*. I loved the quote Irene shared from...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Open Access Publishing peer review peer review week Source Type: blogs