"Let the community decide”? The vision and reality of soundness-only peer review in open-access mega-journals

Purpose: The aim of this research is to better understand the theory and practice of peer review in open-access mega-journals (OAMJs). Mega-journals typically operate a “soundness only” review policy aiming to evaluate only the rigour of an article, not the novelty or significance of the research or...

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Main Authors:	Valerie Spezi, Simon Wakeling, Stephen Pinfield, Jenny Fry, Claire Creaser, Peter Willett
Format:	Default Article
Published:	2018
Subjects:	Other creative arts and writing not elsewhere classified Information systems not elsewhere classified Library and information studies not elsewhere classified Open access Mega-journals Peer review Soundness only Scholarly communication Journal publishing Information Systems Library and Information Studies Studies in the Creative Arts and Writing not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/26343
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