arXiv:
http://arxiv.org
arXiv Review:
http://arxiv-review.org
1. Each
submission to
arXiv has a (potential)
review page (thread or section of comments and reviews) in
arXiv Review.
2. Each review page is identified following the article identification scheme in
References to and in arXiv Documents.
For example, the article arXiv:math/9910001v1 — refers to http://arxiv.org/abs/math/9910001v1 — could* have a review page arXiv-Review:math/9910001v1 — http://arxiv-review.org/rev/math/9910001v1 (abs for "abstract" in arXiv, rev for "review" in arXiv Review).
3. When a submission to
arXiv achieves a level of acceptance
** from the
reviewers on
arXiv Review, it is promoted to
published status.
This can be found in a separate section of arXiv Review: http://arxiv-review.org/pub/<indentifier> (pub for "published").
This makes the "pub" section of
arXiv Review (and its various subsections) effectively an
open access journal.
This is how it works:
1. A scientist
submits an article to
arXiv. If they want it to be reviewed for
publication they would submit a link to the article on
arXiv to
arXiv Review. (The article itself stays on
arXiv.)
2. Comments (reviews and ratings) are opened on
arXiv Review for the article.
3. When the reviewers of
arXiv Review "accept" the article for publication, it is promoted to the "published" section of
arXiv Review.
This post is a continuation of the discussion in scientific journals in the e-publishing age and the discussion on Google+. (And more comments
here.)
There is also a
Google+ page for
arXiv Review.
2012/02/07 (via comment on
Google+): The organization
eptcs.org appears like it provides publications exactly along the lines of
arXiv Review Journal of <whatever subject area>. (
And apparently this organization has funding and people to maintain their site. That is critical.)
In each published paper there is a link to an
arXiv.org article: e.g.
eptcs.org/paper.cgi?PLACES2010.5
So if this organization (or parallel organizations) could take on all of arXiv.org subject areas, then the process seems pretty much along the way of being resolved. (And include
Journals as well as
Proceedings.)
(Note in the bibtex of the above example: publisher = "Open Publishing Association". There you go!)
And more at:
Community Peer Review
* could, since not every submission to arXiv may have a review page in arXiv Review
** the article rating and acceptance process is TBD
