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A free recommendation process of scientific preprints based on peer reviews: https://peercommunityin.org
A diamond open-access journal: https://peercommunityjournal.org
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A diamond open-access journal: https://peercommunityjournal.org
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Call for the creation of new PCIs - Peer Community In
Here is the list of the different Peer Communities In already created, hosting recommendations and peer-reviews of preprints and ready to receive your submissions
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There are now 19 thematic PCIs but many disciplines remain to be covered! We are therefore making a call for the creation of new thematic PCIs and giving some information on how to start:
📣 Save the date for the 13th PCI webinar on December 1st, 2025, at 4 PM CET!! Simine Vazire (University of Melbourne, Australia) will present "Recognizing and responding to a replication crisis: Lessons from Psychology". For more details and registration, visit: buff.ly/wZNoD2v
PCI Webinar Series - Peer Community In
The PCI webinar series is a series of seminars on research practices, publication practices, evaluation, scientific integrity, meta-research, organised by Peer Community In
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November 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
📣 Save the date for the 13th PCI webinar on December 1st, 2025, at 4 PM CET!! Simine Vazire (University of Melbourne, Australia) will present "Recognizing and responding to a replication crisis: Lessons from Psychology". For more details and registration, visit: buff.ly/wZNoD2v
We sincerely thank Erasmus University Rotterdam for their support in 2025 via the Erasmus Diamond Open Access Fund 🙏
www.eur.nl/en/library/r...
www.eur.nl/en/library/r...
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
We sincerely thank Erasmus University Rotterdam for their support in 2025 via the Erasmus Diamond Open Access Fund 🙏
www.eur.nl/en/library/r...
www.eur.nl/en/library/r...
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The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) has released “A Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Performing Organizations”, designed to help research performing organizations.
ℹ️ Learn more at https://bit.ly/4gSzFA6
@dorassessment.bsky.social
ℹ️ Learn more at https://bit.ly/4gSzFA6
@dorassessment.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) has released “A Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Performing Organizations”, designed to help research performing organizations.
ℹ️ Learn more at https://bit.ly/4gSzFA6
@dorassessment.bsky.social
ℹ️ Learn more at https://bit.ly/4gSzFA6
@dorassessment.bsky.social
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We posted a short #OAWeek blog post yesterday, highlighting ways in which @uoylibrary.bsky.social supports external, community-led open research initiatives, including @openbookcollective.bsky.social, @peercommunityin.bsky.social , @oapenbooks.bsky.social and @proghist.bsky.social 👇
Open Access Week 2025: Supporting a community-aligned open research ecosystem – The Library, Learning, Archives and Wellbeing Blog
blogs.york.ac.uk
October 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
We posted a short #OAWeek blog post yesterday, highlighting ways in which @uoylibrary.bsky.social supports external, community-led open research initiatives, including @openbookcollective.bsky.social, @peercommunityin.bsky.social , @oapenbooks.bsky.social and @proghist.bsky.social 👇
On November 4th, PCI will participate in the Open Access Week hosted by the Institut Polytechnique de Paris! For more information, visit www.ip-paris.fr/en/news/open...
Open Access Week 2025
From November 4 to 12, 2025, the Institut Polytechnique de Paris will host its second Open Access Week. This international event promotes open science practices and raises awareness among the…
www.ip-paris.fr
October 23, 2025 at 9:41 AM
On November 4th, PCI will participate in the Open Access Week hosted by the Institut Polytechnique de Paris! For more information, visit www.ip-paris.fr/en/news/open...
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Great news for #replication #research. We have our own journal now! www.uni-muenster.de/Ejournals/in... #openscience @flavioazevedo.bsky.social
A Community Model for Rigorous and Inclusive Scholarship: Inaugural Editorial of Replication Research (R2)
| Replication Research
www.uni-muenster.de
October 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Great news for #replication #research. We have our own journal now! www.uni-muenster.de/Ejournals/in... #openscience @flavioazevedo.bsky.social
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Curious about becoming a PCI Psych recommender, but not sure if you should? Here's a short video with some reasons why it might be time to sign up! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BDr... #PsychSciSky #SciPub
Why be a recommender for a PCI?
The project "Peer Community in (PCI)" (https://peercommunityin.org/) has been launched in January 2017 and now counts 11 communities: PCI Evolutionary Biology (https://evolbiol.peercommunityin.org/),…
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October 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Curious about becoming a PCI Psych recommender, but not sure if you should? Here's a short video with some reasons why it might be time to sign up! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BDr... #PsychSciSky #SciPub
Well done Historical Biology! 🥳
doi.org/10.1080/0891...
doi.org/10.1080/0891...
October 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Well done Historical Biology! 🥳
doi.org/10.1080/0891...
doi.org/10.1080/0891...
Next week, PCI will be at the Open Access week organised by Johns Hopkins University:
hub.jhu.edu/events/2025/... and the ACROSS Open Access week organised by the University of Perpignan: bu.univ-perp.fr/bibliotheque...
hub.jhu.edu/events/2025/... and the ACROSS Open Access week organised by the University of Perpignan: bu.univ-perp.fr/bibliotheque...
October 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Next week, PCI will be at the Open Access week organised by Johns Hopkins University:
hub.jhu.edu/events/2025/... and the ACROSS Open Access week organised by the University of Perpignan: bu.univ-perp.fr/bibliotheque...
hub.jhu.edu/events/2025/... and the ACROSS Open Access week organised by the University of Perpignan: bu.univ-perp.fr/bibliotheque...
Many thanks to the University of Graz for joining the PCI supporters in 2025!✨
www.uni-graz.at/en/
www.uni-graz.at/en/
Universität Graz – We work for tomorrow - Universität Graz
Lösungen für die Welt von morgen entwickeln – das ist unsere Mission. Erfahre mehr über die Universität Graz, unsere Forschungsprofil und Studienangebot
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October 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Many thanks to the University of Graz for joining the PCI supporters in 2025!✨
www.uni-graz.at/en/
www.uni-graz.at/en/
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Last Friday, we published the 500th article of Peer Community Journal! 🥳
September 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Last Friday, we published the 500th article of Peer Community Journal! 🥳
We are delighted to have Durham University as one of our supporters this year. Thank you!💐
www.durham.ac.uk
www.durham.ac.uk
September 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
We are delighted to have Durham University as one of our supporters this year. Thank you!💐
www.durham.ac.uk
www.durham.ac.uk
Yesterday, we had the pleasure of listening to Dorothy Bishop emphasize the responsibility of editors during the 12th PCI Webinar! If you weren't able to join, you can catch her talk and the following Q&A session at this link: youtu.be/0NJ87tYE8_s
PCI Webinar-Dorothy Bishop-How negligent publishers subvert quality control in scientific publishing
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September 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Yesterday, we had the pleasure of listening to Dorothy Bishop emphasize the responsibility of editors during the 12th PCI Webinar! If you weren't able to join, you can catch her talk and the following Q&A session at this link: youtu.be/0NJ87tYE8_s
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Register now for #SORTEE2025 conference!
We thank our sponsors (@asn-amnat.bsky.social, @cdnsciencepub.com, @datadryad.bsky.social, @peercommunityin.bsky.social, @royalsociety.org, @sse-evolution.bsky.social, @biologists.bsky.social) who are eligible for free registration.
We thank our sponsors (@asn-amnat.bsky.social, @cdnsciencepub.com, @datadryad.bsky.social, @peercommunityin.bsky.social, @royalsociety.org, @sse-evolution.bsky.social, @biologists.bsky.social) who are eligible for free registration.
📷 The 2025 SORTEE conference program is now online!
Visit sortee.org/upcoming/ to register and explore the exciting lineup of various sessions.
#SORTEE2025
If you know a great open science project, now is the time to nominate it for a SORTEE Award www.sortee.org/awards/
Visit sortee.org/upcoming/ to register and explore the exciting lineup of various sessions.
#SORTEE2025
If you know a great open science project, now is the time to nominate it for a SORTEE Award www.sortee.org/awards/
September 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Register now for #SORTEE2025 conference!
We thank our sponsors (@asn-amnat.bsky.social, @cdnsciencepub.com, @datadryad.bsky.social, @peercommunityin.bsky.social, @royalsociety.org, @sse-evolution.bsky.social, @biologists.bsky.social) who are eligible for free registration.
We thank our sponsors (@asn-amnat.bsky.social, @cdnsciencepub.com, @datadryad.bsky.social, @peercommunityin.bsky.social, @royalsociety.org, @sse-evolution.bsky.social, @biologists.bsky.social) who are eligible for free registration.
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Hot off the heels of our what is a preprint video is our what is preprint peer review video!
Featuring @prelights.bsky.social @prereview.bsky.social @reviewcommons.org, @elife.bsky.social & @peercommunityin.bsky.social
#peerreview #preprint #scipub
Featuring @prelights.bsky.social @prereview.bsky.social @reviewcommons.org, @elife.bsky.social & @peercommunityin.bsky.social
#peerreview #preprint #scipub
Are you unsure what preprint peer review is? Or how to get started reviewing preprints?
Wonder no more! Our latest 5 min video explains all 📽️
youtu.be/bd8QRNm69P4
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#scicomm #preprints
Wonder no more! Our latest 5 min video explains all 📽️
youtu.be/bd8QRNm69P4
Subscribe to our newsletter for more: bit.ly/RIsub
#scicomm #preprints
What is preprint peer review?
You know what a preprint is but what is preprint peer review and how does it work? How is that different from journal organised peer review? We’ll answer these questions and explore the variety of preprint review services, highlighting the ones we most recommend.
To learn more, visit https://rippl
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September 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Hot off the heels of our what is a preprint video is our what is preprint peer review video!
Featuring @prelights.bsky.social @prereview.bsky.social @reviewcommons.org, @elife.bsky.social & @peercommunityin.bsky.social
#peerreview #preprint #scipub
Featuring @prelights.bsky.social @prereview.bsky.social @reviewcommons.org, @elife.bsky.social & @peercommunityin.bsky.social
#peerreview #preprint #scipub
PCI is featured in this Nature News post, which presents some ideas to help fix the peer-review system: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The peer-review crisis: how to fix an overloaded system
Journals and funders are trying to boost the speed and effectiveness of review processes that are under strain.
www.nature.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
PCI is featured in this Nature News post, which presents some ideas to help fix the peer-review system: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
It is next week! Have you registered yet?
📣 Save the date for the 12th PCI webinar on September 18, 2025, at 4 PM CET!! Dorothy Bishop (@deevybee.bsky.social) will present "Editors matter: How negligent publishers subvert quality control in scientific publishing ". For more details and registration, visit:
PCI Webinar Series - Peer Community In
The PCI webinar series is a series of seminars on research practices, publication practices, evaluation, scientific integrity, meta-research, organised by Peer Community In
peercommunityin.org
September 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
It is next week! Have you registered yet?
💡 PCI recently took part in a CSE webinar focusing on the publish-review-curate model. Read about the discussions and discover innovative strategies for decentralized publishing at:
www.csescienceeditor.org/article/new-...
www.csescienceeditor.org/article/new-...
September 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
💡 PCI recently took part in a CSE webinar focusing on the publish-review-curate model. Read about the discussions and discover innovative strategies for decentralized publishing at:
www.csescienceeditor.org/article/new-...
www.csescienceeditor.org/article/new-...
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ICYM ASAPbio seeks new board members to support our mission of driving positive change in science communication!🚀
🤝 Board members are involved in strategic planning, participate in decision-making, and engage the community to help connect ASAPbio to contacts who can help us achieve our mission.✍️ 🔬
🤝 Board members are involved in strategic planning, participate in decision-making, and engage the community to help connect ASAPbio to contacts who can help us achieve our mission.✍️ 🔬
August 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
ICYM ASAPbio seeks new board members to support our mission of driving positive change in science communication!🚀
🤝 Board members are involved in strategic planning, participate in decision-making, and engage the community to help connect ASAPbio to contacts who can help us achieve our mission.✍️ 🔬
🤝 Board members are involved in strategic planning, participate in decision-making, and engage the community to help connect ASAPbio to contacts who can help us achieve our mission.✍️ 🔬
We are thrilled to announce that PCI is now supported by the University of Bern (www.unibe.ch/index_eng.html)! 💫
August 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We are thrilled to announce that PCI is now supported by the University of Bern (www.unibe.ch/index_eng.html)! 💫
PCI Ecology and PCI Evolutionary Biology have recently launched a team of data editors who are implementing the SORTEE guidelines for new submissions. Other PCIs may join soon. Expressions of interest from potential new data editors are welcome!
🚨Introducing the @sortee.bsky.social Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology🚨 doi.org/10.32942/X24...
Increasingly E&E journals are recruiting data editors. We provide standardised guidelines for journals with data editors and those wanting to recruit them 🧵
Increasingly E&E journals are recruiting data editors. We provide standardised guidelines for journals with data editors and those wanting to recruit them 🧵
The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
doi.org
August 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
PCI Ecology and PCI Evolutionary Biology have recently launched a team of data editors who are implementing the SORTEE guidelines for new submissions. Other PCIs may join soon. Expressions of interest from potential new data editors are welcome!
📣 Save the date for the 12th PCI webinar on September 18, 2025, at 4 PM CET!! Dorothy Bishop (@deevybee.bsky.social) will present "Editors matter: How negligent publishers subvert quality control in scientific publishing ". For more details and registration, visit:
PCI Webinar Series - Peer Community In
The PCI webinar series is a series of seminars on research practices, publication practices, evaluation, scientific integrity, meta-research, organised by Peer Community In
peercommunityin.org
August 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📣 Save the date for the 12th PCI webinar on September 18, 2025, at 4 PM CET!! Dorothy Bishop (@deevybee.bsky.social) will present "Editors matter: How negligent publishers subvert quality control in scientific publishing ". For more details and registration, visit:
Many thanks to Karlstad University for becoming a supporter of PCI this year (www.kau.se/en)%F0%9F%98...!
August 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Many thanks to Karlstad University for becoming a supporter of PCI this year (www.kau.se/en)%F0%9F%98...!
The Association for Psychological Science and its journal AMPPS recently spotlighted PCI in two news articles💫!! You can find them here: www.psychologicalscience.org/publications... and here: www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
Community Peer Review Initiative in Psychological Science Has Launched
PCI Psychology, an emerging community within the broader Peer Community In framework that aims to transform peer review in academic publishing, is open for submissions.
www.psychologicalscience.org
August 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The Association for Psychological Science and its journal AMPPS recently spotlighted PCI in two news articles💫!! You can find them here: www.psychologicalscience.org/publications... and here: www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
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Check out the SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social guidelines for data & code checks in E&E journals 🤩! We have been implementing these at @peercommunityin.bsky.social and we hope others will follow suit. Also very interesting from an author's perspective 😉
🚨Introducing the @sortee.bsky.social Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology🚨 doi.org/10.32942/X24...
Increasingly E&E journals are recruiting data editors. We provide standardised guidelines for journals with data editors and those wanting to recruit them 🧵
Increasingly E&E journals are recruiting data editors. We provide standardised guidelines for journals with data editors and those wanting to recruit them 🧵
The SORTEE Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
doi.org
August 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Check out the SORTEE @sortee.bsky.social guidelines for data & code checks in E&E journals 🤩! We have been implementing these at @peercommunityin.bsky.social and we hope others will follow suit. Also very interesting from an author's perspective 😉