Peerage_of_Science
Peerage of Science
Alternative system to traditional scientific peer review as a service
Peerage of Science was a scientific peer review service aimed at improving "the current peer review system and make the peer review process more scientific, fair and transparent".[1] The company was founded in 2011 by the scientists Janne Kotiaho, Mikko Mönkkönen, and Janne-Tuomas Seppänen in Jyväskylä, Finland.[2] Initially it focused on the areas of "ecology, evolutionary biology and conservation biology",[3] but within 2 years it expanded to other areas of science.
The service was the winner of the 2012 Award for Publishing Innovation from The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP),[4] and of the 2013 recognition award from Communications Professionals of Finnish Universities.[5]
Despite patronage from several paying customers, including the Society for Conservation Biology, Springer Nature, and Taylor & Francis, the company failed to expand its market base (it received only 102 submissions in 2017 and only 60% of submissions received at least one publishing offer)[6] and went out of business soon after.