We are revolutionizing science funding and publishing through decentralized governance, ensuring critical basic research is supported and made accessible.
We are revolutionizing science funding and publishing through decentralized governance, ensuring critical basic research is supported and made accessible.
Post-moderation means articles are published immediately and then reviewed publicly after publication. Reviews and moderation decisions determine which articles remain highlighted or indexed; poor-quality items can be removed from the journal’s visible list and from search-engine indexing. See the project description.
Yes. The page links to a prototype of the journal (hosted at a different site) demonstrating post-moderation: https://science.vporton.name. The project page with context is here.
The plan is to allow broad publication but to remove or de-emphasize low-quality or pseudoscientific articles from the journal’s article list and from search engine indexing if they fail post-publication review. The approach is described on the project page.
The project proposes combining verified reviewers (for example, those with scientific degrees) with AI-driven reputation mechanisms that evaluate reviewers based on interrelations and review quality. The system aims to automatically identify which reviewers are reliable. Read more here.
AI is intended to track reviewer behavior, assess reviewer eligibility, and aggregate positive/negative reviews per article. It could also adjust reviewers’ reputations based on community and expert feedback (e.g., if reputable reviewers downvote another review, that affects reputations). See the concept.
Yes — the proposed model emphasizes ease of publication for anyone. Post-publication review and moderation (supported by AI and reputation systems) are used to surface high-quality work and hide or de-index low-quality work. More on the approach.
The project envisions AI-based tracking of reviewer interactions and reputation adjustments derived from reviewer interrelations (for example, penalizing reviewers who receive many negative evaluations from reputable peers). The goal is to create a self-sustaining verification system rather than relying solely on manual checks. Details.
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The page notes the prototype is on a separate domain (science.vporton.name) and mentions the intention to move the journal to a different domain in the future. Follow project updates here.