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A platform by EMBO that provides independent peer review before journal submission for Refereed Preprints.
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We’re thrilled to welcome the Journal of General Physiology @jgp.org @rupress.org to our Affiliate Program! 🎉
Authors can now seamlessly transfer their #peerreviewedpreprint @reviewcommons.org @embo.org to JGP via our transfer portal.
Excited to start this new chapter with JGP @rupress.org!
Authors can now seamlessly transfer their #peerreviewedpreprint @reviewcommons.org @embo.org to JGP via our transfer portal.
Excited to start this new chapter with JGP @rupress.org!
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Review Commons partner journal network is expanding!
Welcome to Journal of General Physiology @jgp.org @rupress.org. Looking forward to this collaboration.
Welcome to Journal of General Physiology @jgp.org @rupress.org. Looking forward to this collaboration.
We’re thrilled to welcome the Journal of General Physiology @jgp.org @rupress.org to our Affiliate Program! 🎉
Authors can now seamlessly transfer their #peerreviewedpreprint @reviewcommons.org @embo.org to JGP via our transfer portal.
Excited to start this new chapter with JGP @rupress.org!
Authors can now seamlessly transfer their #peerreviewedpreprint @reviewcommons.org @embo.org to JGP via our transfer portal.
Excited to start this new chapter with JGP @rupress.org!
October 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Review Commons partner journal network is expanding!
Welcome to Journal of General Physiology @jgp.org @rupress.org. Looking forward to this collaboration.
Welcome to Journal of General Physiology @jgp.org @rupress.org. Looking forward to this collaboration.
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1/ @reviewcommons.org, @embo.org's preprint peer review platform, is taking an important step forward. Multiple publishers, including eLife, are now jointly running the peer-review process on behalf of the platform.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
1/ @reviewcommons.org, @embo.org's preprint peer review platform, is taking an important step forward. Multiple publishers, including eLife, are now jointly running the peer-review process on behalf of the platform.
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Big New! @elife.bsky.social @genetics-gsa.bsky.social #G3journal are joining editorial forces with @reviewcommons.org - bringing not just field-specific expertise to the process but also making #PreprintPeerReview a truly collaborative effort!🎉👏
Read more to find out👇
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Read more to find out👇
www.embo.org/features/pub...
Publishers join the Review Commons peer review process – Features – EMBO
Editors from eLife, Genetics, G3 and Journal of Cell Biology will contribute to the EMBO preprint peer review platform
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November 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Big New! @elife.bsky.social @genetics-gsa.bsky.social #G3journal are joining editorial forces with @reviewcommons.org - bringing not just field-specific expertise to the process but also making #PreprintPeerReview a truly collaborative effort!🎉👏
Read more to find out👇
www.embo.org/features/pub...
Read more to find out👇
www.embo.org/features/pub...
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#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org by Faccioli, Biasini et al:
Transient exposure of cryptic phosphorylation sites buried in protein cores during folding may represent novel regulatory mechanism linking co-translational modification to protein folding control
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Transient exposure of cryptic phosphorylation sites buried in protein cores during folding may represent novel regulatory mechanism linking co-translational modification to protein folding control
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October 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org by Faccioli, Biasini et al:
Transient exposure of cryptic phosphorylation sites buried in protein cores during folding may represent novel regulatory mechanism linking co-translational modification to protein folding control
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Transient exposure of cryptic phosphorylation sites buried in protein cores during folding may represent novel regulatory mechanism linking co-translational modification to protein folding control
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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This study focuses on schizophrenia-related genes in a genetically tractable system and identifies the requirement of both glial and neuronal MMPs during developmental remodeling. @reviewcommons.org www.life-science-alliance.org/content/8/12...
October 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
This study focuses on schizophrenia-related genes in a genetically tractable system and identifies the requirement of both glial and neuronal MMPs during developmental remodeling. @reviewcommons.org www.life-science-alliance.org/content/8/12...
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Fibril formation of α-synuclein, central to Parkinson’s disease, is catalyzed by ubiquilin-2 droplets and can be suppressed by small-molecule targeting of UBQLN2
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org by Masaya Imoto, Nobutaka Hattori and coworkers
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#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org by Masaya Imoto, Nobutaka Hattori and coworkers
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October 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Fibril formation of α-synuclein, central to Parkinson’s disease, is catalyzed by ubiquilin-2 droplets and can be suppressed by small-molecule targeting of UBQLN2
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org by Masaya Imoto, Nobutaka Hattori and coworkers
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org by Masaya Imoto, Nobutaka Hattori and coworkers
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And also the bacterial telomere protection paper by Maya, Nicolas, & Ania is out:
doi.org/10.1038/s443...
Great experience with @reviewcommons.org
& @embojournal.org
Feels just right to have the manuscript reviewed without having to target a specific journal from the start.
doi.org/10.1038/s443...
Great experience with @reviewcommons.org
& @embojournal.org
Feels just right to have the manuscript reviewed without having to target a specific journal from the start.
October 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
And also the bacterial telomere protection paper by Maya, Nicolas, & Ania is out:
doi.org/10.1038/s443...
Great experience with @reviewcommons.org
& @embojournal.org
Feels just right to have the manuscript reviewed without having to target a specific journal from the start.
doi.org/10.1038/s443...
Great experience with @reviewcommons.org
& @embojournal.org
Feels just right to have the manuscript reviewed without having to target a specific journal from the start.
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Final thoughts: the experience of publishing this article via @reviewcommons.org and @embojournal.org was awesome!
October 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Final thoughts: the experience of publishing this article via @reviewcommons.org and @embojournal.org was awesome!
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Check out this recently published paper in LSA:
A Drosophila screen of schizophrenia genes highlights neural and glial MMPs in neuronal remodeling @reviewcommons.org www.life-science-alliance.org/content/8/12...
A Drosophila screen of schizophrenia genes highlights neural and glial MMPs in neuronal remodeling @reviewcommons.org www.life-science-alliance.org/content/8/12...
October 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Check out this recently published paper in LSA:
A Drosophila screen of schizophrenia genes highlights neural and glial MMPs in neuronal remodeling @reviewcommons.org www.life-science-alliance.org/content/8/12...
A Drosophila screen of schizophrenia genes highlights neural and glial MMPs in neuronal remodeling @reviewcommons.org www.life-science-alliance.org/content/8/12...
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T-cell smFISH:
@anilevetu.bsky.social, @monikawolkers.bsky.social et al present an optimized workflow for simultaneously quantifying nascent and mature mRNA, and its localization with single-cell resolution in human T-cells
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
@anilevetu.bsky.social, @monikawolkers.bsky.social et al present an optimized workflow for simultaneously quantifying nascent and mature mRNA, and its localization with single-cell resolution in human T-cells
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
October 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
T-cell smFISH:
@anilevetu.bsky.social, @monikawolkers.bsky.social et al present an optimized workflow for simultaneously quantifying nascent and mature mRNA, and its localization with single-cell resolution in human T-cells
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
@anilevetu.bsky.social, @monikawolkers.bsky.social et al present an optimized workflow for simultaneously quantifying nascent and mature mRNA, and its localization with single-cell resolution in human T-cells
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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E. coli bacteriophage N15 suppresses Mre11-Rad50-mediated end degradation of its linear genome via a telomere-resolution-independent function of its telomere resolvase TelN
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org by @gruberlab.bsky.social
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org by @gruberlab.bsky.social
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October 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
E. coli bacteriophage N15 suppresses Mre11-Rad50-mediated end degradation of its linear genome via a telomere-resolution-independent function of its telomere resolvase TelN
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org by @gruberlab.bsky.social
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org by @gruberlab.bsky.social
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How do cells curb nutrient uptake during quiescence & does it matter?
@teislab.bsky.social & Co. show TXNIP-dependent endocytosis of amino acid transporter LAT1/SLC7A5 is essential to prevent cell death and human disease
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org
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@teislab.bsky.social & Co. show TXNIP-dependent endocytosis of amino acid transporter LAT1/SLC7A5 is essential to prevent cell death and human disease
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
October 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
How do cells curb nutrient uptake during quiescence & does it matter?
@teislab.bsky.social & Co. show TXNIP-dependent endocytosis of amino acid transporter LAT1/SLC7A5 is essential to prevent cell death and human disease
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
@teislab.bsky.social & Co. show TXNIP-dependent endocytosis of amino acid transporter LAT1/SLC7A5 is essential to prevent cell death and human disease
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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This article is a @reviewcommons.org transfer.
You can find out more about Review Commons and the transfer to affiliate journals including JCS here: www.reviewcommons.org/authors/
You can find out more about Review Commons and the transfer to affiliate journals including JCS here: www.reviewcommons.org/authors/
Guidelines for Authors
Note: a version-controlled version of these guidelines is maintained at https://github.com/review-commons
Table of Content
Initial submission
Scope and editorial assessment
The peer-r...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
This article is a @reviewcommons.org transfer.
You can find out more about Review Commons and the transfer to affiliate journals including JCS here: www.reviewcommons.org/authors/
You can find out more about Review Commons and the transfer to affiliate journals including JCS here: www.reviewcommons.org/authors/
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Our story on Srs2/PARI family DNA helicases linking chromatin bridges to the Aurora-B dependent NoCut checkpoint is now out in its peer-reviewed version. Thanks to @reviewcommons.org and @jcb.org for a smooth review process! Original preprint thread here: bsky.app/profile/long...
Dam, Moreno, Brownlow, @longchrom.bsky.social et al. @igbmc.bsky.social identify Srs2 as a key mediator of abscission inhibition in yeast and show that its human paralog PARI regulates abscission-associated events. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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November 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Our story on Srs2/PARI family DNA helicases linking chromatin bridges to the Aurora-B dependent NoCut checkpoint is now out in its peer-reviewed version. Thanks to @reviewcommons.org and @jcb.org for a smooth review process! Original preprint thread here: bsky.app/profile/long...
We’re thrilled to welcome the Journal of General Physiology @jgp.org @rupress.org to our Affiliate Program! 🎉
Authors can now seamlessly transfer their #peerreviewedpreprint @reviewcommons.org @embo.org to JGP via our transfer portal.
Excited to start this new chapter with JGP @rupress.org!
Authors can now seamlessly transfer their #peerreviewedpreprint @reviewcommons.org @embo.org to JGP via our transfer portal.
Excited to start this new chapter with JGP @rupress.org!
October 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
We’re thrilled to welcome the Journal of General Physiology @jgp.org @rupress.org to our Affiliate Program! 🎉
Authors can now seamlessly transfer their #peerreviewedpreprint @reviewcommons.org @embo.org to JGP via our transfer portal.
Excited to start this new chapter with JGP @rupress.org!
Authors can now seamlessly transfer their #peerreviewedpreprint @reviewcommons.org @embo.org to JGP via our transfer portal.
Excited to start this new chapter with JGP @rupress.org!
Our managing editor @saramonaco-rc.bsky.social visited VU-Life Sciences Centre to discuss innovations in peer review. Her lecture and debate showcased how models like @reviewcommons.org @embo.org can help shape the future of scientific publishing. Read more here www.gmc.vu.lt/en/about/new...
Managing Editor of EMBO "Review Commons" visited VU LSC
VU Gyvybės mokslų centras jungia tris VU padalinius – Biomokslų, Biotechnologijos ir Biochemijos institutus. Centras įkurtas vystant integruotą mokslo, studijų ir verslo centrą (slėnį) „Saulėtekis“.
www.gmc.vu.lt
September 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Our managing editor @saramonaco-rc.bsky.social visited VU-Life Sciences Centre to discuss innovations in peer review. Her lecture and debate showcased how models like @reviewcommons.org @embo.org can help shape the future of scientific publishing. Read more here www.gmc.vu.lt/en/about/new...
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Next, at #EYSF2025 @reviewcommons.org is presented by @saramonaco-rc.bsky.social. It’s journal-agnostic, concentrates on science only and can save time as the peer-reviewed preprints can easily be resubmitted. How great would it be if we could ditch publishing and switch to reviewed preprints?
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Next, at #EYSF2025 @reviewcommons.org is presented by @saramonaco-rc.bsky.social. It’s journal-agnostic, concentrates on science only and can save time as the peer-reviewed preprints can easily be resubmitted. How great would it be if we could ditch publishing and switch to reviewed preprints?
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(2/2) Formalizing "Reviewed Preprints" as a category will have important implications for the P-R-C model & to meaningfully take forward the work undertaken by preprint reviewing platforms like @reviewcommons.org @prereview.bsky.social @peercommunityin.bsky.social @elife.bsky.social, etc.! #PRC
September 27, 2025 at 6:55 AM
(2/2) Formalizing "Reviewed Preprints" as a category will have important implications for the P-R-C model & to meaningfully take forward the work undertaken by preprint reviewing platforms like @reviewcommons.org @prereview.bsky.social @peercommunityin.bsky.social @elife.bsky.social, etc.! #PRC
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This preprint is now a published peer-reviewed paper! Thanks to all the co-authors involved, to the funders and to @reviewcommons.org and @embopress.org @emboreports.org for a smooth editorial process! Excited to see this in press! www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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August 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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One of the important benefits of @reviewcommons.org is having a peer-reviewed preprint, which to an increasing number of funders counts as a published paper @embo.org
Saves important time for trainees to have their work recognized.
Saves important time for trainees to have their work recognized.
August 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
One of the important benefits of @reviewcommons.org is having a peer-reviewed preprint, which to an increasing number of funders counts as a published paper @embo.org
Saves important time for trainees to have their work recognized.
Saves important time for trainees to have their work recognized.
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What is the basis & significance of SUMO1 vs SUMO2/3 conjugation preference? Jo Morris et al find that mitotic deacetylation biases SUMO E1 SAE2 towards #SUMO1 conjugation onto NuMA to ensure faithful chromosome segregation
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org
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#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org
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August 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
What is the basis & significance of SUMO1 vs SUMO2/3 conjugation preference? Jo Morris et al find that mitotic deacetylation biases SUMO E1 SAE2 towards #SUMO1 conjugation onto NuMA to ensure faithful chromosome segregation
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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This work was first reviewed by @reviewcommons.org, which has become my favorite way to have a paper reviewed. After a full revision, we transferred the manuscript to @elife.bsky.social, where it is now officially published.
August 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This work was first reviewed by @reviewcommons.org, which has become my favorite way to have a paper reviewed. After a full revision, we transferred the manuscript to @elife.bsky.social, where it is now officially published.
Reposted by Review Commons
This article is a @reviewcommons.org transfer.
You can find out more about Review Commons and the transfer to affiliate journals including JCS here: www.reviewcommons.org/authors/
You can find out more about Review Commons and the transfer to affiliate journals including JCS here: www.reviewcommons.org/authors/
Guidelines for Authors
Note: a version-controlled version of these guidelines is maintained at https://github.com/review-commons
Table of Content
Initial submission
Scope and editorial assessment
The peer-r...
www.reviewcommons.org
September 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
This article is a @reviewcommons.org transfer.
You can find out more about Review Commons and the transfer to affiliate journals including JCS here: www.reviewcommons.org/authors/
You can find out more about Review Commons and the transfer to affiliate journals including JCS here: www.reviewcommons.org/authors/
Day 2 of the The human Microbiome conference #EESMicrobiome - Our editor Dr. Ruby Ponnudurai @rubyponnudurai.bsky.social is on the Meet the Editor panel today at lunch. Get in touch with her to know more about @reviewcommons.org.
The human microbiome www.embl.org/about/info/c...
The human microbiome www.embl.org/about/info/c...
The human microbiome
www.embl.org
September 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Day 2 of the The human Microbiome conference #EESMicrobiome - Our editor Dr. Ruby Ponnudurai @rubyponnudurai.bsky.social is on the Meet the Editor panel today at lunch. Get in touch with her to know more about @reviewcommons.org.
The human microbiome www.embl.org/about/info/c...
The human microbiome www.embl.org/about/info/c...
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These factors make a strong argument for @reviewcommons.org ! More journals should participate.
July 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
These factors make a strong argument for @reviewcommons.org ! More journals should participate.