Open Peer Review

Open peer review is a process by which to assess publications. Open peer review is a growing method in scholarly communication and can be placed in the context of open science. It is an alternative to common (double) blind review processes. As benefits, open peer review ensures more transparency: the preprints are immediately published, the author is known, the reviewer is known, the comments are published, and the author is able to answer the comments. This makes open peer review ..