ALLEA – GYA – STM Workshop: The future of peer review in scholarly communications

In November 2020, ALLEA (All European Academies), GYA (The Global Young Academy) and STM (International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers) convened two half-day discussion workshops about ‘the Future of Peer Review in scholarly communications‘ with a mix of invited representatives from the research community, research funders, universities, publishers, libraries, Open Science champions and trade bodies.
The goal of the workshops was to bring together a wide variety of opinions and perspectives about the value, hurdles, unknowns, challenges and advantages that accompany peer review in a world that is rapidly and radically changing.
This short report is intended to summarize the main themes that emerged during the discussions, and identify areas that can represent a path forward to further work.