Peer Review, Scholarly Production and a Provocation: Let’s Blow Stuff Up

Abstract

<jats:p>Academics tend to control scholarly processes by emphasizing strict adherence to formal presentation styles that may not be relevant to contemporary modes or platforms for scholarly work. Arguing for a scholarly approach that foregrounds open processes, this article suggests that academics cede control over conversations about peer review by ending with a provocation to account for emerging audiences and producers.</jats:p>

Beyond Open Access to Open Publication and Open Scholarship

“…David N. Wright (2014) noted, "Even more plainly, first readers -that is, peer reviewers -are oen the only audience taken into account in the production of scholarly work. " e cynical perspective further holds that "nobody actually reads journal articles, " save for one or two grad students compiling their lit reviews.…”