Journal-independent open peer review

My experience with PeerRef was efficient and the feedback was timely, which helped my manuscript be accepted by a peer review journal. Communication with PeerRef was also reliable and I had my questions answered so my submission was not delayed. — Melissa Kleine-Bingham, World Health Organization

"By providing reviewing service for preprints, PeerRef serves an important role in academic publishing. Unlike the opacity that defines traditional publishing, the open model followed by PeerRef is a welcome change. The services offered are prompt and thorough. Review we received for our manuscript was very helpful. Highly recommend it!” — Reeteka Sud, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore

“Reviewing a preprint for PeerRef has been a very positive experience; my review has almost immediately been made openly available, so that readers of the preprint and the author can directly benefit from it; this is a major advantage over traditional journal peer review!” — Ludo Waltman, CWTS, Leiden University

“I greatly appreciate the professional interaction we had. The reviewers were highly credited experts in the field. The review reports from PeerRef were of great value to our work.” — Cameron Moshfegh, Switzerland

“PeerRef have demonstrated the ability to leverage technology to deliver rapid, trusted reviews of preprints. I am delighted to call them an early partner in JMIR’s vision for a more equitable and transparent science ecosystem - this is just the beginning.” — Gunther Eysenbach, CEO of JMIR Publications

“PeerRef is an excellent initiative and also quite unique in terms of disentangling the peer-review process and the scientific publishing business." — Felipe A. Veloso, Chile

“Thanks for making this such a straightforward process - I like the form a lot!” — Referee, USA