Review Commons

It was a very cool experiment! The author-centric perspective makes a lot of sense.

An important next step is to benchmark multiple AI review platforms. Maybe this can also pave the way for benchmarking human peer review across journals and defining "quality features" of the peer review process.

✨ Happy New Year from @reviewcommons.org .
Thanks to our authors, reviewers, journals for a year of thoughtful science, constructive peer-review, and open dialogue. We look forward to another exciting year. Wishing you a happy, healthy, and inspiring 2026! @embopress.org @embo.org

Very nice initiative, so far we've only experienced timely and balanced reviews when using Review Commons (currently n=2).

Adhesion to a common ECM mediates interdependence in tissue morphogenesis in Drosophila For organs to be functional, the cells and tissues that constitute them must effectively interact with each other and coordinate their behaviours. Halfway during Drosophila embryogenesis, two lateral ...

Our updated preprint is now out! The feedback from @reviewcommons.org was fantastic, we are very grateful to our reviewers for their suggestions. The last figure (plus other things) is product of this feedback and we're certain every point strengthened our work! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Huge congrats to first author, brilliant PhD student Martina Demurtas, who is now on the hunt for postdoc positions in London, she is super talented! Also, this was another great experience with @reviewcommons.org and @biologists.bsky.social @Development!

The study shows how blood and lymphatic endothelial cells reorganize metabolism in proliferating and quiescent states, revealing distinct pathway dependencies that sustain their specialized functions.
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The study shows how blood and lymphatic endothelial cells change their metabolism when they are growing and resting. It reveals different pathways that support their specific functions.
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Ordering of cell cycle events by regulated proteolysis is not just for eukaryotes:
@buzzbaum.bsky.social et al define mechanisms underlying switch-like degradation of archaeal ESCRT-III CvdB in Sulfolobus
Thanks to @reviewcommons.org for another #RefereedPreprint
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One review. Many journals. Less redundancy. Check out this conversation with our head Dr. Thomas Lemberger on the vision behind @reviewcommons.org and what it means for authors and journals alike @embopress.org @embo.org
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Guidelines for Authors Note: a version-controlled version of these guidelines is maintained at https://github.com/review-commons Table of Content Initial submission Scope and editorial assessment The peer-r...

This article is a @reviewcommons.org transfer.
You can find out more about Review Commons and the transfer to affiliate journals including JCS here: www.reviewcommons.org/authors/

Thanks to @reviewcommons.org and very fast handling by @jcb.org

Attending #CellBio2025? Learn about "Providing constructive feedback in #PeerReview" tomorrow in Room 123 from 10–11:30 EST at the EMBO #training with speaker Sara Monaco, Managing Editor at Review Commons. 🧪 EMBO Lab Leadership

Round 2! Join us again at booth #825 from 14:00–15:00 EST to chat with editors Poonam (Molecular Systems Biology), Sara Monaco (Review Commons) and Tim (Life Science Alliance) to discuss your manuscript, talk about #publishing or hear about life as an editor. See you there! EMBO Press #CellBio2025

Wrapping up a series of @embo.org #workshops at #CellBio2025 with editors from @molsystbiol.org and @reviewcommons.org .
Today we close with “Giving a flash talk or poster presentation” with Poonam Bheda, Senior Editor at @molsystbiol.org @embopress.org. See you in Room 123 from 12:45–14:15!

Don't miss out on the last "Meet the Editors" session at #CellBio2025! Join us at booth 825 from 14:00–15:00 EST to chat with editors Poonam (Molecular Systems Biology), Sara Monaco (Review Commons) and Tim (Life Science Alliance) to talk about #publishing, life as an editor and more! 🧪 EMBO Press

The preprint #PeerReview platform Review Commons was launched at the 2019 ASCB | EMBO Meeting to make scientific #publishing more open and effective. Thomas Lemberger, lead of the initiative, tells us more about the platform: https://www.embo.org/features/review-commons-rethinking-peer-review/ 🧪

I love @reviewcommons.org

The support from @embopress.org and @reviewcommons.org means a lot! Thank you @tlemberger.bsky.social ! @qedscience.bsky.social

The Chameau gene helps flies survive starvation at lower temps, but a mere 2{degree sign}C rise makes it obsolete! This temperature-dependent role in metabolism and resilience has big implications for climate change biology.
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Chameau (HBO1) gene function in starvation resistance is bypassed by slightly elevated temperatures in Drosophila, suggesting a temperature-dependent metabolic role.
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How can gut microbes modulate host lifespan?
@jogender-singh.bsky.social & coworkers show that in C. elegans, lifespan extension arises from microbial perturbation of iron homeostasis and oxidative stress response activation
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org
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Review Commons partner journal network is expanding!
Welcome to Journal of General Physiology @jgp.org @rupress.org. Looking forward to this collaboration.

1/ @reviewcommons.org, @embo.org's preprint peer review platform, is taking an important step forward. Multiple publishers, including eLife, are now jointly running the peer-review process on behalf of the platform.

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Big New! @elife.bsky.social @genetics-gsa.bsky.social #G3journal are joining editorial forces with @reviewcommons.org - bringing not just field-specific expertise to the process but also making #PreprintPeerReview a truly collaborative effort!🎉👏

Read more to find out👇
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#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org by Faccioli, Biasini et al:
Transient exposure of cryptic phosphorylation sites buried in protein cores during folding may represent novel regulatory mechanism linking co-translational modification to protein folding control
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This study focuses on schizophrenia-related genes in a genetically tractable system and identifies the requirement of both glial and neuronal MMPs during developmental remodeling. @reviewcommons.org www.life-science-alliance.org/content/8/12...

Fibril formation of α-synuclein, central to Parkinson’s disease, is catalyzed by ubiquilin-2 droplets and can be suppressed by small-molecule targeting of UBQLN2
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org by Masaya Imoto, Nobutaka Hattori and coworkers
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And also the bacterial telomere protection paper by Maya, Nicolas, & Ania is out:

doi.org/10.1038/s443...

Great experience with @reviewcommons.org
& @embojournal.org

Feels just right to have the manuscript reviewed without having to target a specific journal from the start.

Final thoughts: the experience of publishing this article via @reviewcommons.org and @embojournal.org was awesome!

Check out this recently published paper in LSA:
A Drosophila screen of schizophrenia genes highlights neural and glial MMPs in neuronal remodeling @reviewcommons.org www.life-science-alliance.org/content/8/12...