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How does it work ?
It's the classical publishing process except for 2 points:
Pre-prints : Researcher's submission is automatically recorded in an open repository (arXiv, BioRxiv, HAL). The article is protected by an DOI (digital object identifiaction). Many scientists still fear negative consequences (e.g., “Can I still publish in journal “x” if I upload my work to preprint server?”). Many journals have started establishing policies accommodating preprints. In physics, it became the norm.
Open peer review : close peer reviewing is an approach which makes sense if reviewers are experts in the subject of the article. With the increasing number of publications, the avaibility of expert reviewers is problematic. With the open peer reviewing, we increase the chance to find a good reviewer available. Secondly, increasing transparency of publishing process improves the quality of scientific debate. More details are given below