ResearchHub Foundation - Peer Review
Supporting ResearchHub and DeSci, the foundation hosts educational events, develops a reputation system, compensates peer reviewers, and, through a Gitcoin grant, accelerates peer review efficiency by 87.5%.User Review
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Reviewed on 13 Feb 2024 05:33 PM
Projects should directly support the mission of DeSci to innovate scientific research by exploring novel mechanisms of funding, conducting, and disseminating scientific research in an open, inclusive, and accessible manner.
The project aims to address key challenges in scientific publishing by providing paid peer reviews of pre-prints, which supports novel mechanisms in conducting and dissemination of research.
DeSci projects most commonly support this mission by building and testing necessary technological infrastructure, but projects may also be eligible if they are deploying existing DeSci infrastructure in a scientific research context or if they are educating and recruiting members of the scientific community to contribute to the mission.
The ResearchHub Foundation's paid peer review program and governance aligns with the deployment of DeSci infrastructure in a scientific context while also contributing towards community education and involvement.
Concrete examples of issues covered by the DeSci mission include: the data reproducibility crisis and archaic data sharing practices; misaligned incentives and poor practices in scientific publishing and peer review; financial, linguistic, and academic barriers to globally inclusive research; intellectual property, patents, and financial incentives to trade progress for profits; academic disconnect and poor science/health literacy and trust in the lay public and government representatives.
The project particularly addresses issues of misaligned incentives and poor practices in scientific publishing and peer review by implementing a compensated review system to improve the quality and speed of scientific evaluations.
Projects must satisfy the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy in addition to the requirements described above.
Without specific information regarding the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy compliance for this particular project, a definitive assessment cannot be provided.