**Show notes** Peer review is typically conducted behind closed doors. There's been a recent push to make open peer review standard, but what's often left out of these conversations are the potential downsides. To illustrate this, Dan and James discuss a recent instance of open peer review that led to considerable online debate. Here's what they cover... - How should we navigate the open review of preprints? - Gate keepers gonna gate keep, but is this better out in the open? - Weaponising openness - Some people don't realise that some data can’t be shared - Should the reviewers of rejected papers follow them to the next journal? - When bad papers that you reject pop up in another journal, unchanged - Does the venue and timing of the open peer review matter? - Signing your reviews - Using publons to track your reviews Links - Brad Love’s blog post: http://bradlove.org/blog/open-review - Niko’s blog post: https://nikokriegeskorte.org/2019/01/09/whats-the-best-measure-of-representational-dissimilarity/ - Publons: https://publons.com - Dan on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/dsquintana - James on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jamesheathers - Everything Hertz on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/hertzpodcast - Everything Hertz on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast/ Music credits: Lee Rosevere freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/ --------------------------------- Support us on Patreon and get bonus stuff! - $1 a month or more: Monthly newsletter + Access to behind-the-scenes photos & video via the Patreon app + the the warm feeling you're supporting the show - $5 a month or more: All the stuff you get in the first tier PLUS a bonus mini episode every month (extras + the bits we couldn't include in our regular episodes)