From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 17:36:52 -0500

Of possible interest:

" BMC, the first publisher to openly post named peer reviewer reports
alongside articles, is announcing the launch of a formal portable peer
review policy on BMC Biology. The policy aims to speed up the peer review
process and decrease waste in publishing.  ‘Portable peer review’ is the
idea that if a manuscript is rejected from a journal for reasons other than
being scientifically unsound (for example, perhaps the subject matter does
not fit the journal’s remit) the peer review reports can be transferred
elsewhere and re-used by others.

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https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/media/press-releases/bmc-continues-to-transform-peer-review/16349466?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTUdZNVpXRTNZemRqWmpWaCIsInQiOiJQNklpVk1xaWRPNUpiVE9xVEM2S2x0UkZvcDNtamlJeDlhSnV1b2VcL0xxZ29OOEpnMW5TUFhveGtSbFJOTkF3aERJdStEeGpHOHhJRmZXYmlZMllhYzl5YTFXXC9zVEU2NHlHaGwreG5KNUQ4WHFMekY0eXAyQWZwSHFPWDZ5ZVJhIn0%3D