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ArticleF1000Research2017

What is open peer review? A systematic review.

Tony Ross-Hellauer

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in F1000Research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
85citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

85 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  10. Promoting awareness of open access publishing in speech-language therapy and audiology: Lessons from multilingual language assessment research.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings · 2026
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  12. Living publications: How interactive artificial intelligence platforms are transforming research communication.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2026
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  20. Rethinking peer review in medicine: From trust to transformation.Journal of critical care medicine (Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Targu-Mures) · 2025
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25 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Tony Ross-HellauerGöttingen State and University Library, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, 37073, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

open peer reviewOpen Sciencepublishingresearch evaluationscholarly communication

Identifiers

PMID28580134
PMCPMC5437951

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.