A New Way for Journals To Peer Review Papers?

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problem facing many journal editors. Due to an explosion in the number of submitted papers, we have major problems finding people to review, and the quality has gone down as well," he says. So Rahbek's journal, published by Wiley, has joined Peerage of Science, an online social network that aims to provide journals with already-peer-reviewed manuscripts. Recently founded by three Finnish ecologists, the Web site accepts paper submissions-and matches them with potential reviewers: Scientists with a potentially publishable paper can upload it to the Web site, while other members with relevant expertise, alerted by keywords in the papers, can provide reviews that scientific journals can use to decide whether to offer to publish the work.