SciPost's Peer Review Method: Peer-Witnessed Refereeing.
Reporting
- Reports are gathered from editorially-invited referees, but can also be volunteered by registered SciPost Contributors during refereeing rounds.
- Reports are posted online (after rapid editorial vetting) on the Submission's Page, and can be rated, replied to (Authors only) or commented on by all Contributors.
- Anonymity is enforced at all meaningful stages (Reports and Comments have their own id and are not publicly linked to their Contributor when posted; all ratings are back-end aggregated).
Ratings
- Ratings for Submissions, Reports and Comments determine the relevant Contributor's overall Ratings.
- A Contributor's Reporting, Replying and Commenting statistics (number, ratings) are publicly available.
Contributors thus have additional incentives to actively participate and provide not only high-quality Submissions, but also Reports and Comments of the highest achievable professional caliber (an online search form allows to retrieve back-end-aggregated statistics by performing a search by researcher's name).
Abusive behaviour is prevented by Editorial vetting of all Reports, Replies and Comments before public posting.
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