Direct submission from DIGITAL.CSIC to PCI via COAR notify

Peer Community In (PCI), The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) are pleased to announce the launch of an innovative new service that allows CSIC researchers to request peer review through PCI.

With this new functionality, CSIC researchers can now request a peer review for their preprints deposited in the DIGITAL.CSIC repository with just a few clicks and receive a public recommendation from the PCI community in case of positive evaluation.

If recommended by PCI, a banner is implemented on the homepage of the preprint in DIGITAL.CSIC with the link to the recommendation in the corresponding thematic PCI.

This service is part of the COAR notify Initiative, which has developed a standard method for seamless communication between repositories and peer review services. 

This standard method has already been used to connect PCI and the French open repository HAL: https://peercommunityin.org/2024/01/15/submission-from-hal/ 

The COAR notify Initiative is funded by the Arcadia Foundation. The initiative is gaining traction across many platforms in the scholarly ecosystem, facilitating more streamlined interactions between repositories, preprint servers, and peer review services. This contributes to the growth of an exciting new model of scholarly publishing that is more open and accessible.

This collaboration between PCI, CSIC and COAR marks a significant step forward in promoting open science, providing an alternative to traditional publishing models while simplifying the process for researchers.