"The use of citation networks as a ranking methods is not free from problems, but it's, IMO, a vastly superior approach to scientific value discovery and would yield a much better service to the scientific community in general than the current peer review
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In June 2006, for about 3 months, Nature is undertaking a trial of one type of peer review. This trial is continuing in parallel with the usual peer review process, and will allow the editors to assess the value of soliciting comments from scientists while submitted papers are being peer reviewed.
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