[JoPP-Public] Fwd: Open Science Peer Review Oath (via Techdirt)

[Mathieu ONeil]

Hi Peter, all


It certainly seems like a worthy enterprise - basically encouraging probity in peer reviewing - if at times perhaps veering into the overly-didactic lane.

How do you propose we engage with it? Possibly a link / description from the peer review page?


cheers


Mathieu


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http://f1000research.com/articles/3-271/v1

is that something to consider for JoPP?

/ Peter

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Open access<https://news.techdirt.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/r/tddaily/801439137707/trox/fabfolk.com/search.php?q=open+access&search=Search> is about making academic research more widely available, particularly when it is publicly funded. But there is a broader open science movement that seeks to make the entire scientific process -- from initial experiments to the final dissemination of results -- transparent, and thus reproducible. One crucial aspect of that complete process is peer review, whereby experts in a field provide advice about the quality of new research, either to editors prior to a paper being published in a journal, or more directly, by reviewing work publicly online. Recognizing the importance of this step for the integrity and validity of the scientific process, a group has drawn up what it calls the "Open Science Peer Review Oath<https://news.techdirt.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/r/tddaily/947894139560/trox/fabfolk.com/>":
We have formulated an oath that codifies the role of reviewers in helping to ensure that the science they review is sufficiently open and reproducible; it includes guidelines not just on how to review professionally, but also on how to support transparent, reproducible and responsible research, while optimising its societal impact and maximising its visibility.
The Oath's 17 components include commitments to act fairly and ethically, for example, the following:
While reviewing this manuscript:

i) I will sign my review in order to be able to have an open dialogue with you

ii) I will be honest at all times

v) I will not unduly delay the review process

vi) I will not scoop research that I had not planned to do before reading the manuscript

vii) I will be constructive in my criticism

x) I will try to assist in every way I ethically can to provide criticism and praise that is valid, relevant and cognisant of community norms
It also includes actions specifically designed to foster science that is truly open:
xi) I will encourage the application of any other open science best practices relevant to my field that would support transparency, reproducibility, re-use and integrity of your research

xiii) I will check that the data, software code and digital object identifiers are correct, and the models presented are archived, referenced, and accessible

xiv) I will comment on how well you have achieved transparency, in terms of materials and methodology, data and code access, versioning, algorithms, software parameters and standards, such that your experiments can be repeated independently

xv) I will encourage deposition with long-term unrestricted access to the data that underpin the published concept, towards transparency and re-use

xvi) I will encourage central long-term unrestricted access to any software code and support documentation that underpin the published concept, both for reproducibility of results and software availability
Although the framing of an "Oath" for open science peer review may sound rather over the top -- slightly pompous, even -- it rightly underlines the seriousness with which peer review ought to be conducted. It remains to be seen what kind of response it receives from the wider scientific community, and whether it becomes a fixed element of the open science movement.

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