PRO (peer review openness) initiative
Definition
The agreement made by several academics that they will not provide a peer review of a manuscript unless certain conditions are met. Specifically, the manuscript authors should ensure the data and materials will be made publicly available (or give a justification as to why they are not freely available or shared), provide documentation detailing how to interpret and run any files or code and detail where these files can be located via the manuscript itself.
Reference:
- (2016). The Peer Reviewers’ Openness Initiative: incentivizing open research practices through peer review. Royal Society Open Science, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150547
Originally drafted by: Jamie P. Cockcroft
Reviewed by: Sarah Ashcroft-Jones, Mahmoud Elsherif, Helena Hartmann, Steven Verheyen
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