September 11–17, 2017 marks the third annual Peer Review Week. Started in 2015 by a group of organizations in the scholarly publishing field, the event recognizes the importance of peer review and the individuals who work tirelessly as reviewers and editors. This year’s theme is “Transparency in Review.”
Transparency might seem like a surprising theme for an event celebrating peer review, as many journals feature a single- or double-blind review process, built on the theory that a more fair review is brought about by some level of anonymity. But transparency is a far broader subject than just the identity of who reviewed each paper—many times the entire process is convoluted, and authors generally don’t get to see “behind the scenes” unless they also serve on an editorial board for a journal.
So let’s talk about CORROSION. What’s our approach to peer review? For starters, we use a single-blind review...
