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    Select Crowd Review

    A selected crowd of experts review manuscripts interactively

    In a nutshell

    A selection of about 70-100 experts, who are exclusive members of the crowd, receive a link to the manuscript and can comment on it anonymously via a secure only platform (Filestage). Only the editor knows who the reviewers are while monitoring the process.

    Each reviewer decides if he or she has time and expertise to comment on the respective article. Participating reviewers see each other's comments and can discuss the research featured in the paper to improve the manuscript further. They can respond, interact, and enhance it in parallel.

    After 48–72 hours (on average) the review period ends, and the manuscript is taken off the platform. In the next step, the editor evaluates the comments of the reviewers, decides about accepting (with or without revision) or rejecting the article and sends the feedback of the crowd to the author for consideration and implementation.

    Goals and intentions

    In the first year after the introduction of Select Crowd Review for SYNLETT, experience has proved that the innovative process delivers substantive feedback to the authors, with the same or higher quality than classical peer review does, in only a few days. This allows editors to decide about the acceptance of a manuscript much faster and therefore shortens the time from submission to publication.

    We will continue to improve Select Crowd Review together with editors, authors, and reviewers. This innovative process will not just benefit SYNLETT and SynOpen, but potentially the wider scientific community.

    Project status
    Review process
    • Review requested by
      Authors
    • Reviewer selected by
      Editor, service, or community
    • Public interaction
      No
    • Author response
      Yes
    • Decision
      Binary decision
    Review policy
    • Review coverage
      Complete paper
    • Reviewer identity known to
      Editor or service
    • Competing interests
      Checked
    Video
    Review features
    • Manuscript hosting
      Yes
    • Review of code or data
      Yes
    • Eligible reviewers/editors
      Reviewers (members of the 'crowd') are selected by a member of the editorial board of the journal, based upon their expertise, motivation, and experience in reviewing and in synthetic organic chemistry.
    • Tags or badges
      No
    Transparency
    Results
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