Peer Community In Archaeology: a community-driven free and transparent system for preprints peer-reviewing
- Title
- Peer Community In Archaeology: a community-driven free and transparent system for preprints peer-reviewing
- Creator(s)
- Queffelec, Alain
- Maureille, Bruno
- Arzarello, Marta
- Blasco, Ruth
- Crandell, Otis
- Doyon, Luc
- Halcrow, Siân
- Karoune, Emma
- Ruiz-Redondo, Aitor
- Van Peer, Philip
- Date
- 2023
- Is Part Of
-
Archeologia e Calcolatori
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 125-134
- Language
- eng
- Rights
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- Abstract
- The number of scientific articles published each year is on the rise, but the current system, which is dominated by a few for-profit publishers, has become prohibitively expensive for many institutions. This model of publishing is increasingly being criticized for its serious flaws. The deposit of preprints in open archives is a solution for the rapid dissemination of research. However, the quality of these preprints must be ensured. This is where Peer Community In (PCI) comes in, by organizing communities of researchers to assess the quality of the work deposited in open archives. In 2020, a PCI dedicated to Archaeology was established, with over 100 archaeologists acting as recommenders. These recommenders handle the submitted preprints as associate editors would in traditional journals, but at the end of the process, they write a recommendation text, and the entire editorial process is published with it. So far, PCI Archaeology has received 45 submissions, mostly pertaining to Prehistoric periods, and from authors located in different regions of the world. This open process has been widely accepted by reviewers, but there is still a need to promote the use of preprints in the community of archaeologists.
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