Since its founding in 2013, the Public Philosophy Journal (PPJ) has been developing an alternative process of peer review to provide an alternative for the often antagonistic and hierarchical structure of traditional peer review. Developed initially by philosophers Christopher Long and Mark Fischer, this practice has grown into Formative Peer Review: a supportive and sustainable practice dedicated to improving scholarship through collegial feedback. This presentation explores the philosophy behind the process of Formative Peer Review as practiced at PPJ. First, we illustrate how Formative Peer Review embodies and furthers values of thick collegiality; ethical imagination; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and transparency. Second, we demonstrate how these values not only contribute to a more ethical practice of scholarly publishing, but also have the potential to strengthen scholarship and effect positive change within academic cultures. Finally, we introduce a developing project, the Collaborative Community Review tool, which will enable other publications to adopt these more ethical and equitable practices.

On equitable, ethical, and formative peer review

ACS Spring 2022

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