Dan Goodman on Nostr: pubpeer works rather well I think? Especially given it's a third party system layered ...

pubpeer works rather well I think? Especially given it's a third party system layered over an uncooperative journal system. If comments made on pubpeer or another such system were prominently displayed whenever accessing an article, usage would go up hugely. That's the key. If there's no value in providing commentary because nobody looks at it, of course people don't do it. I suspect that's a big part of why there's a crisis in the current system. Reviewers don't find it a valuable way to do peer review. Here's my suggestion: give authors an easy way to recognise valuable peer reviews that improved a paper by giving them the option to add them as authors. There are probably some kinks to work out in that idea but I'd guess it would lead to much more active, engaged and constructive peer review.