Re: Peer reviewers can meet journals’ criteria for authorship
There are a few journals that not only post on-line the final accepted version of the article, but also all the prior versions together with the non-anonymized reviewer comments. It may be feasible to have these reviews indexed across different journals in a way that they would be searchable and ultimately serve as resource and provide a measure of public recognition for the hard work that reviewers do. However, with great transparency comes great responsibility to be mindful of grammar, spelling, logic, etc., which are sometimes absent from some of the reviews I have seen over the years.
Competing interests:
No competing interests
19 January 2013
Leslie Citrome
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Rapid Response:
Re: Peer reviewers can meet journals’ criteria for authorship
There are a few journals that not only post on-line the final accepted version of the article, but also all the prior versions together with the non-anonymized reviewer comments. It may be feasible to have these reviews indexed across different journals in a way that they would be searchable and ultimately serve as resource and provide a measure of public recognition for the hard work that reviewers do. However, with great transparency comes great responsibility to be mindful of grammar, spelling, logic, etc., which are sometimes absent from some of the reviews I have seen over the years.
Competing interests: No competing interests