Re: With footnotes (was Re: Open Access to Journal of Web Semantics (JWS))

Is there any study indicating that the current semi blind review process
works better than existing alternatives?

On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 5:06 PM, Harry Halpin <hhalpin@ibiblio.org> wrote:

> Do we have a link or reference for the study?
>
> On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 5:04 PM Krzysztof Janowicz <janowicz@ucsb.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> On 08/12/2017 06:34 AM, Ivan Herman wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 11 Aug 2017, at 16:01, Harry Halpin <hhalpin@ibiblio.org> wrote:
>>
>> Peer review is usually not public because it can be embarrassing to the
>> author.
>>
>>
>> +1. Which also means that conscientious and mindful reviewer may also
>> decide to be less outspoken, less detailed, etc, on his/her review. As a
>> consequence the quality of the review may suffer.
>>
>>
>> We were not able to see such effect in all the years we are running the
>> Semantic Web journal and also have an anonymous review op-in option used by
>> less than 20% of all reviewers. The literature also does not confirm such
>> effect.
>>
>>
>> While I understand some people preferred to be embarrassed in public
>> (such as on mailing lists), this may not be in everyone's interest and may
>> not lead to more or better research,. Not sure of any experimental results
>> on the effect of open reviews on submissions or quality.
>>
>>
>> One example is anecdotical, but I would probably refrain from submitting
>> to a journal with a 100% open review, nor would I accept to act as a
>> reviewer.
>>
>> Ivan
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 12:44 PM Sarven Capadisli <info@csarven.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2017-08-11 10:59, Steffen Staab wrote:
>>> > I have operated the preprint server for 6 years.
>>>
>>> Cool. I stand corrected. Would you mind reviewing the following
>>> statements:
>>>
>>> * Accepted works at JWS will have a paywalled copy at Elsevier,
>>> reformatted to publishers styles, PDF (and/or in other formats), and
>>> considered to be final, canonical, and citable.
>>>
>>> * Accepted works at JWS will have a free PDF copy made available from
>>> www.websemanticsjournal.org, but this copy is not to be cited.
>>>
>>> * As mentioned by Ian Horrocks, "Articles on the preprint server are
>>> post-review, and differ from the published version only w.r.t.
>>> formatting." [Pending proof]
>>>
>>> * Authors can choose to give Elsevier exclusive rights to publish and
>>> sell their work (to libraries, individuals..), or authors can pay the
>>> article processing charge (APC) to make the works accessible for free
>>> from Elsevier's access point. In the case of APC, there is no constraint
>>> for Elsevier to omit existing charges to libraries for those works.
>>>
>>> * www.websemanticsjournal.org and its archive (ie. the preprint server)
>>> is not funded by Elsevier, but instead funded by public funds.
>>>
>>> * Research objects (eg underlying data, tools) are not accessible, ie.
>>> not hosted by www.websemanticsjournal.org or Elsevier.
>>>
>>> * Article contributions to JWS may only use non native Web technologies
>>> eg LaTeX/Word..
>>>
>>> * No JWS Editor to date received payment from Elsevier for their role.
>>>
>>> * Peer-reviews are carried out by the community as opposed to Elsevier.
>>> Reviewers are not paid by Elsevier (or other for-profit). Reviewers may
>>> be publicly funded through their academic institutions or labs to carry
>>> out the review process.
>>>
>>> * Peer-reviews for accepted and rejected works are not accessible by
>>> public.
>>>
>>>
>>> Corrections and additional information is most welcome.
>>>
>>>
>>> -Sarven
>>> http://csarven.ca/#i
>>>
>>>
>>
>> ----
>> Ivan Herman, W3C
>> Publishing@W3C Technical Lead
>> Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Krzysztof Janowicz
>>
>> Geography Department, University of California, Santa Barbara
>> 4830 Ellison Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4060
>>
>> Email: jano@geog.ucsb.edu
>> Webpage: http://geog.ucsb.edu/~jano/
>> Semantic Web Journal: http://www.semantic-web-journal.net
>>
>>


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