Recent replies to "Towards a unified peer-reviewing system: Are scientists competing on the right basis?" http://network.nature.com/forums/harvardpublishingforum/771 en-us 40 <p>In case the followers of this thread want more information on this sort of arrangement between separate journals, the neuroscience consortium referred to above will be a reality in 2008. See <a href="http://nprc.incf.org/">here</a> for more details.</p> <p>Regarding that consortium, an interesting change to the review process initiated by this entity takes the form of the elimination of confidential comments to the editor. This long-standing method of communicating candid opinions during the review process must be eliminated if a journal wants to become a member. An interesting discussion analyzing the merits and shortcomings of using confidential comments can be found <a href="http://blogs.nature.com/nn/actionpotential/2007/11/confidential_comments_your_opi_1.html">here</a>.</p> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:48:06 -0000 http://network.nature.com/forums/harvardpublishingforum/771?page=1#reply-1751 Noah Gray http://network.nature.com/forums/harvardpublishingforum/771?page=1#reply-1751 <p>Thank you for this summary. The Charles Jennings article to which you refer formed part of Nature&#8217;s Peer Review debate last year, <a href="http://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/2006/06/quality_and_value_the_true_pur.html">and can be seen here</a>. There are 20 other articles on various aspects of peer-review in this debate, which is still open for online comments.</p> <p>You also comment on a manuscript transfer system between journals. Nature Publishing Group introduced this system several years ago, before <span class="caps">PLOS</span> was born ;-). <a href="http://www.nature.com/authors/author_services/about_nature_family.html">From our author and referee website</a>: &#8220;Authors who have had a paper declined by one Nature journal and who wish to resubmit to another Nature journal or other journal published by <span class="caps">NPG</span> can use an automatic manuscript transfer service via a link sent to them by the editor handling their manuscript. It is entirely up to the authors whether they wish their paper to be considered for another journal, and the choice of where to submit is entirely up to them. The advantage to authors wishing to publish in another Nature journal is that referees&#8217; comments (including any confidential comments to the editor) and identities are also transferred to the editor of the second journal in question, which can save significant time.&#8221; <a href="http://www.nature.com/authors/author_services/transfer_manuscripts.html">Further details can be seen here</a></p> <p>You might also be interested in the <a href="http://network.nature.com/forum/askthenatureeditor">Ask the Editor forum on Nature Network</a>, which has run a discussion on peer-review.</p> Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:14:09 -0000 http://network.nature.com/forums/harvardpublishingforum/771?page=1#reply-1730 Maxine Clarke http://network.nature.com/forums/harvardpublishingforum/771?page=1#reply-1730