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Instructions for post-PCI recommendation submissions

After a preprint has been recommended by a thematic PCI, authors may publish their article directly in the Peer Community Journal (PCJ) or submit it to a PCI-friendly journal or to any other journal. If they choose to submit it to a journal other than PCJ, we advise authors to send the selected journal a presubmission inquiry that includes the article and a link to the PCI evaluation. If the journal decides to send the article for full peer review, we advise the authors not to submit their article to that journal and instead to make a new choice. This approach saves authors time by avoiding additional peer reviews of an article that has already undergone peer review.

Journals committed to using PCI evaluations if appropriate

These journals consider submissions of articles recommended by a PCI and they may use PCI reviews and recommendations for their own review processes, if appropriate.

• The journals do not automatically accept PCI-recommended articles but have agreed to the following commitment: The journals will consider submissions of articles recommended by a PCI and they may use PCI reviews and recommendations for their own review processes, if appropriate.
• In case of acceptance, we recommend the journal to display clearly on the homepage of the article a note indicating that the evaluation process was carried out entirely or partly by PCI, of the following type:

Editors’ note: A previous version of this article was reviewed and recommended by Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology: Mathieu Joron (2020) Studying genetic antagonisms as drivers of genome evolution. Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology, 100108. https://doi.org/10.24072/pci.evolbiol.100108

Journals that are not listed may belong to two other categories:

PCI-tolerant journals

Journals that do not use the reviews posted in PCI but seek their own reviewers. There is no list for these journals but we strongly advise authors to send their preferred journal a presubmission inquiry.

PCI-unfriendly journals

Journals that do not accept the submission of PCI-recommended preprints. There is no list for these journals but we strongly advise authors to send their preferred journal a presubmission inquiry.