Stage 3: Evaluation

Disentangle publication from evaluation

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Disentangling Publication From Evaluation -- The major shift in Stage 2 is to dramatically increase accessibility. The major shift in Stage 3 is to accelerate communication by making the publication and evaluation of articles distinct steps in the scientific communication process. Authors prepare their manuscripts and decide themselves when it is published by submitting it to a repository. The repository manages copyediting and makes the articles available publicly. This changes the standard practice by altering the editor's role. In the standard practice, the roles of gatekeeper and evaluator are confounded in the journal editors and their ad hoc review teams. In the revised practice, the gatekeeping role is given to the authors; the editor's role is evaluation.

Stakeholder(s):

• Research Authors


• Research Gatekeeper


• Research Evaluator


• Journal Editors


• Journal Review Teams


• Scientists: Scientists commonly work on problems that are similar or related to those investigated by other scientists. The pace of dissemination can influence the direction and maturation of a research discipline dramatically. One scientist's results might alter the direction or strategy of another scientist's research. The feedback between independent laboratories accelerates the accumulation of knowledge. Stage 1 accelerated dissemination by reducing the lag between acceptance of an article and its appearance "in print." Stage 3 eliminates the remainder of the lag.

Objective(s):

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