This document discusses peer review in the age of open science. It outlines how peer review and scholarly communication have historically been slow, expensive, and limited, but are now moving toward more open, transparent, and collaborative models. The document reviews definitions and configurations of open peer review, principles of open scholarship, and platforms that support different forms of open peer review processes. It concludes by advocating for greater openness, transparency, accessibility, and collaboration in scholarly communication and peer review.

1. Peer Review
in the Age of Open Science
Tony Ross-Hellauer
State and University Library Göttingen
Know-Center GmbH
Peer Review in the Age of Open Science
#PubMet2017, Zagreb, 21 Sept 2017

3. OpenAIRE
Dec. 2009 – Nov. 2012
OpenAIREplus
Dec. 2011 – Dec. 2014
OpenAIRE2020
Jan. 2015 – Jun. 2018

4. Peer Review
Innovative
Dissemination
Impact
Measurement

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15. Historically, scholarly communication was slow,
expensive and limited to a few channels

19. Transparency Accountability Inclusivity
Responsibility
Community &
Collaboration
Visibility
Rigour Equality Public good
Reproducibility Findability Accessibility
Interoperability Re-usability Innovation
Principles of Open Scholarship

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Image CC BY AC McCann, w/ amendment (by me)
** 122 definitions collected and analysed **
** 22 distinct configurations of 7 traits identified **
See: Ross-Hellauer, 2017, "What is open peer review? A systematic
review", F1000Research (DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.11369.2)

23. Ross-Hellauer, 2017, "What is open peer review? A systematic review", F1000Research
(DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.11369.2)

24. Ross-Hellauer, 2017, "What is open
peer review? A systematic review",
F1000Research (DOI:
10.12688/f1000research.11369.2)

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27. CC BY-SA Testbirds GmbH
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28. Slide: CC BY Edit Görögh

30. Publishers
Publishing
platforms
Independent
review services
Repository based
review platforms &
tools
Review/Annotation
applications
Slide: CC BY Edit Görögh

31. Tennant JP, Dugan JM, Graziotin D et al. 2017, F1000Research 2017, 6:1151 (doi:
10.12688/f1000research.12037.1)

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46. www.openaire.eu
@openaire_eu
facebook.com/groups/openaire
linkedin.com/groups/OpenAIRE-3893548
Thank you!
[And thanks to Edit Gorogh for slides and Jon Tennant for chat]