Our Peer Review Policy
With its twin portals (WMC and plus) with different approaches to peer review, Webmed is attempting to offer a unique choice to scientists to publish their research on the platform suitable for it. Those who value the freedom to be able to publish without any prior editorial and peer screening will value what WMC offers. It provides scientists with a low cost, rapid, transparent system of publishing in a climate of open post publication peer review and debate. It overcomes many difficulties posed by the traditional prepublication peer review system, which may at times hinder transparent scientific communication, delay the publication process and add to the cost of publishing. There is also a possibility of inherent bias within it leaving manuscripts at the mercy of editors and reviewers. WMC has full faith in the honesty and integrity of the scientific community and we at WMC firmly believe that most researchers and authors who have something to contribute should have an opportunity to do so. Each piece of research will then find its own place in scientific literature based on its merit.
WMC publishes under a novel method of post publication peer review, which is author driven and controlled by our team of faculty and advisors. Post publication peer review is provided by WMC faculties, WMC scholarly reviewers, external reviewers on our database, author suggested reviewers, other reviewers invited by our Lead Faculties and probably most significantly, also our readers.
Authors would be given every opportunity to respond to the reviews using Authors' comment section and the readers would have full access to the entire communiqué. Our intention is to generate a healthy debate on each published work. Authors may also submit revised versions of articles with additional information to satisfy queries raised, if they so wish. This will ensure that manuscripts never become outdated. We hope this would not only make the peer-review process more transparent and comprehensive, but also overcome the inherent delays and cost associated with the traditional publication process.
plus (soon to be launched), on the other hand, will publish articles after editorial checks and peer reviews. This is our effort to include scientists who value publication in a pre publication peer review model for their specific needs. It will also help WMC articles of suitable standard find entry into mainstream accepted literature.
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