𖠫 Peer review by committee New journal rethinks old model - Ryan - 2024

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The Stacks journal is an exciting new model for peer review publication. The basic idea is that instead of having an editor manage submissions, submissions go to committee, and committee members can later be listed as “collaborators” if an article goes to publication. This incentivizes reviewers in the process.

Our publishing model is also different — we offer an annual membership for US$199 that allows unlimited open-access publishing.

It seems like author-pays is the only option in open access publishing. Is there any other viable business model? Nonetheless this is much cheaper than conventional open-access fees.

To recognize the role of the reviewers in contributing to the research, they can opt in to be credited as ‘collaborators’, listed just below the authors on the published article. That way, a reviewer can include their work on their CV.

One hesitation: doesn’t this encourage reviewers to let things slide, so that they get another CV item out of it?