Scientist database to store peer-reviewer information
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.028901
Nature : The Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) scientist registry system has announced that it will include peer-reviewer information in its database. The system will use a standard developed in partnership with the Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information and publisher Faculty of 1000. The system, which is voluntary, will allow researchers to add to their ORCID profile information about their peer review activities. For journals that participate in the standard, the reviewer’s report itself can be added to the profile. For other journals, all that would be stored would be the number of reviews the researcher has completed for the journal in a certain period of time. The American Geophysical Union has already announced that it will use the new standard for its publications.