Assessing Open Access Books: Shedding Light on Peer Review with PRISM
OPERAS is the Research Infrastructure supporting open scholarly communication in the social sciences and humanities (SSH) in the European Research Area. Its mission is to coordinate and federate resources in Europe to efficiently address the scholarly communication needs of European researchers in the field of SSH.
The Peer Review Information Service for Monographs (PRISM) gives publishers the opportunity to display information about their peer review procedures in a standardised way as part of the book’s metadata in the Directory of Open Access Books. PRISM contributes to building trust in Open Access book publishing by improving transparency around the quality assurance process.
Key features
Controlled Vocabulary: standardised set of terms to describe the peer review processes, promoting consistency, clarity, transparency and trust.
Title-Level Detail: provision of specific information about the peer review practices applied to each Open Access book, directly on the DOAB platform.
Catalogue-Level Overview: ability to apply across a publisher’s entire catalogue, showcasing the peer review processes that their titles undergo.
API Integration: accessibility to PRISM data through the DOAB API, allowing for inclusion in library databases and search tools.
Widget: possibility for publishers to use the widget on their webpages to show PRISM records about their catalogues or titles.
GraspOS webinar with OPERAS to learn about the Peer Review Information Service for Monographs (PRISM). PRISM aims to enhance trust in Open Access book publishing through increased transparency in the peer review process, offering publishers a standardised platform to display their peer-review procedures, integrate metadata, ultimately building trust in Open Access book publishing. We will also discuss how PRISM could be used in research assessment.
Objectives & preferred outcomes
- Understand peer review in relation to Responsible Research Assessment
- Learn how PRISM works and how it helps increase transparency in Peer Review for OA books
- Reflect on how PRISM could be useful in the context of Responsible Research Assessment
