Open peer review of preprints – transparent evaluation beyond traditional journals

September 26, 2025 4:45 AM

SOCIOS Webinar, 30.09.2025, 1 pm

Open peer review is considered a promising way to achieve greater transparency, dialogue and quality in the scientific publication process. New formats and infrastructures are emerging, particularly around preprints, which are breaking down the traditional separation between evaluation and publication. This webinar will discuss the opportunities that open review offer authors, reviewers and researchers, and how these can be implemented beyond traditional journals. Current developments and practical examples will be used to show how open review of preprints works in practice, what challenges exist and how greater recognition of open review can be achieved.

The webinar is aimed at all political scientists who are interested in transparent peer review processes beyond traditional journals.

Register: https://uni-koeln.zoom.us/meeting/register/I2derh9vSFaDhEhHJ_I76A#/registration

Participation is free of charge.