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Editorial
. 2022 Oct 20:11:e83889.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.83889.

Peer review without gatekeeping

Michael B Eisen  1 , Anna Akhmanova  1 , Timothy E Behrens  1 , Jörn Diedrichsen  1 , Diane M Harper  1 , Mihaela D Iordanova  1 , Detlef Weigel  1 , Mone Zaidi  1
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Editorial

Peer review without gatekeeping

Michael B Eisen et al. Elife. .

Abstract

eLife is changing its editorial process to emphasize public reviews and assessments of preprints by eliminating accept/reject decisions after peer review.

Keywords: peer review; preprints; research assessment; research communication; scientific publishing.

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Conflict of interest statement

ME, AA, TB, JD, DH, MI, DW, MZ No competing interests declared

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