The scientific journal Nature is going to publish files showing the peer review process for all manuscripts moving forward, editors said on June 16.
“The exchanges between the referees and the authors will be accessible to all. Our aim in doing so is to open up what many see as the ‘black box’ of science, shedding light on how a research paper is made,” the editors said in an editorial. “This serves to increase transparency and (we hope) to build trust in the scientific process.”
First published in 1869, Nature is one of the world’s oldest journals. It started requiring peer review for all research articles in 1973….