Referee reports will be posted alongside the published article and/or preprint (‘Transparent Peer Review’). Referee reports will remain anonymous unless the referees sign the reports.Referee recommendations may be made, but are not essential and will be taken into account at the editor’s discretion. Where authors have asked us to exclude specific referees, we comply with their request. We will strive for a balance of seniory, gender and geographical location. Referee selection is based on a balance of factors, including expertise, scientific reputation, and our previous experience with the referee.The Reviewing Editor is in charge of inviting reviewers and evaluating the quality of the reports. For manuscripts that are suitable for peer review (see criteria above), the Managing Editor assigns a Reviewing Scientific Editor from the EMBO Press team based on topic and expertise.In serious cases, Review Commons may post a note of editorial concern next to the public reviews. Review Commons reserves the right to reject manuscripts at any point if ethical, biosecurity or scientific integrity issues arise. Confirmatory, ‘null’ or refuting results will be considered if they provide significant value to the field.The findings represent a significant advance in any one of the above fields, including reports of new findings, methodological developments and resources.The topic falls within the scope of Review Commons (see above).Manuscripts must have fully-described materials & methods, fully described data figures, comprehensive references and rigorous introduction, results, and conclusions.Only research papers are considered (no reviews/commentaries/editorials).
The initial assessment will be based on the following criteria: Genes, genomes, epigenetics, RNA and chromatin.
Computational biology and bioinformatics.Biotechnology, synthetic biology and methods.The scope covered by Review Commons includes the following areas: There is no need to comply with a particular journal format to submit to Review Commons.Īs of June 1, 2022, the reviews and authors’ reply will be publicly posted by Review Commons to bioRxiv or medRxiv when authors transfer their manuscript to the first affiliate journal. See below further details on the related policies:Īn initial editorial assessment will be carried out by the Managing Editor in consultation with the Advisory Board to select manuscripts that will be peer reviewed and meet the platform’s standards, which are independent of those used by downstream journals.
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