Transpose is a database of journal policies on peer review, co-reviewing, and preprinting. The terms below can are explained in our glossary.
The database currently covers almost 3,000 journals, with contributions coming from journal representatives (these records are labeled “verified”) as well as other interested individuals. Records can be updated over time, and all versions are available for download. All original contributions are released under CC0.
We’re interested in finding places from which these data can be distributed and edited.
Schema
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Property | Description/Instructions | Allowed entries | Example | |
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Your email address (not shared publicly) |
[email address] | editor@examplejournal.com | ||
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date | Entry date | [YYYY-MM-DD] | 2018-11-05 | |
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issn | Journal ISSN (optional. Please enter just one ISSN associated with your journal, which can be print or electronic) |
0000-0000 | ||
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title | Journal title (one per column) |
[string] | Example Journal | |
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doi | DOI of journal This is not inputted by user; comes from Crossref API |
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oa | OA or non OA Not inputted by user; comes from DOAJ |
OA, hybrid, nonOA | ||
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publisher | Publisher | [string] | Example Publisher | |
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verified | Record is journal verified? If you are a representative of the journal and can verify that the information below is correct, select "Yes." |
Yes, No | Yes | |
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prefilled-URL | Prefilled URL If entry is from crowdsourced form, URL points to prefilled form to edit the record. |
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entry-review-date | Entry review date Latest review/data cleaning date (Not inputted by user) |
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entry-reviewer | Entry reviewer Latest review/data cleaning team member (Not inputted by user) |
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entry-notes | Review notes Notes about review or data entry (Not inputted by user) |
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display-this-version | Display this version Enter "y" to force display and "n" to force hide on website. (Not inputted by user) |
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pr-type | Type of peer review Single blind - reviewers are anonymous to the author. Double blind - reviewers and authors are anonymous to each other. |
Single blind, Double blind, Not blinded, None, Unsure, Other | Single blind | |
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pr-policy | Peer review policy URL | [link] | http://examplejournal.com/peerreview | |
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pr-form-url | Peer review form URL (a copy of the peer review form) | [link] | http://examplejournal.com/peerreviewform | |
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pr-credit-url | Peer review credit policy URL | [link] | http://examplejournal.com/peerreview | |
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pr-database | Peer reviewer activity deposited into open databases? Examples include Publons and ORCID. Not inputted by user, but by pulling in data from external sources |
Publons, ORCID, other, none | ||
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pr-transfer-policy | Peer review transfer policy | [string] | Some text copied from the website or a few sentences describing the policy | |
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pr-transfer-url | Peer review transfer policy URL | [link] | http://examplejournal.com/peerreviewtransfer | |
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opr-reports | Peer review reports - published?, attributes (An example of "Conditional" publication: reviews are published unless the reviewer recommends rejection or withdraws.) |
Mandatory, Conditional, Optional, No, Not specified Attributes: Have date, Have DOI, Free to read (not paywalled), Under a Creative Commons License, Deposited into PubMed Central |
Mandatory, Have date, deposited into Pubmed Central | |
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opr-responses | Author responses to reviews - published?, attributes | Optional, Have date | ||
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opr-letters | Editorial decision letters - published?, attributes | No | ||
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opr-versions | Previous versions of the manuscript - published?, attributes | No | ||
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opr-identities-published | Reviewer identities published? | Mandatory, Conditional, Optional, No, Not specified | Optional | |
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opr-indenties-author | Reviewer identities revealed to the author (even if not published)? | Optional | ||
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opr-comments | Public commenting during formal peer review? | No | ||
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opr-interaction | Open interaction (reviewers consult with one another)? | No | ||
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opr-additional | Additional OPR information Add any notes here about the nature of "conditional" publishing, etc |
[string] | Some text copied from the website or a few sentences describing the policy | |
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coreview-policy | Co-reviewer policy Co-reviewers are people whom a peer reviewer invites to help them write a peer review. Often these are junior scholars in the same lab/group as the peer reviewer. |
[string] | Some text copied from the website or a few sentences describing the policy | |
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coreview-url | Co-reviewer policy URL | [link] | http://examplejournal.com/coreviewers | |
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coreview-email | Reviewer invitation email specifies that co-reviewers can contribute? | Yes, No, Unsure | Yes | |
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coreview-form | Dedicated place in the peer review form to identify co-reviewers? | Yes, No, Unsure | No | |
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coreview-database | Peer reviewer activity for co-reviewers deposited into open databases? | Yes, No, Unsure | No | |
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preprint-policy | Preprint policy | [string] | ||
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preprint-url | Preprint policy URL(s) | [link or links, separated by commas] | http://examplejournal.com/preprint, http://examplejournal.com/mediacoverage | |
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preprint-version | Version of the paper that can be posted to a preprint server | Please select from this set: No preprint policy None (preprints not allowed) First submission only First and revised versions until acceptance (NOT the postprint/AAM) Any manuscript version (preprint or postprint, but not necessarily the publisher's version) Unsure (preprints are allowed, but it's not clear what version) Other Old entries: After peer review (but not final, copyedited version) Any |
After peer review (but not final, copyedited version) | |
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preprint-citation | Preprints allowed in citation list? If citations are only permitted to preprints that appear in certain servers, please select and describe in "Other." |
Yes, in the reference list Yes, but only in the text (not the reference list) No Not specified Unsure Other |
Yes, in the reference list | |
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preprint-link | Link provided to preprint version of a paper? | Yes, No, Unsure | No | |
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preprint-media | Preprint media coverage policy What type of coverage about preprints is permitted? (eg blog posts, social media, news outlets, etc). Paste the policy here. |
[string] | Some text copied from the website or a few sentences describing the policy | |
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preprint-licensing | Preprint licensing policy What licenses (CC BY, etc) are permitted for preprints? |
[string] | Some text copied from the website or a few sentences describing the policy | |
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preprint-scoop | Scoop protection policy "Scoop protection" refers to policies about whether submitted preprint will be rejected if a competing work comes out in another journal after the date of preprinting. |
[string] | Some text copied from the website or a few sentences describing the policy | |
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preprint-review | Community review policy for preprints | [string] | Some text copied from the website or a few sentences describing the policy |