title: On the evolving open peer review culture for chemical information science.
abstract: Compared to the traditional anonymous peer review process, open post-publication peer review provides additional opportunities -and challenges- for reviewers to judge scientific studies. In this editorial, we comment on the open peer review culture and provide some guidance for reviewers of manuscripts submitted to the Chemical Information Science channel of F1000Research.
authors.affiliation: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: W Patrick
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Walters
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science Informatics, B-IT, LIMES Program Unit Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bajorath
keywords: chemical information science; controversial views; open peer reviews; publication time lines; review criteria