Referees' Reviews on PLoS-ONE

It's always intriguing to know what the peer-reviewers have thought and written about a particular manuscript. Now, you can find out, at least in some cases, on PLoS-ONE papers. Chris Surridge explains.

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I guess you know that already, but just in case: "Biology Direct" always has the referee's comments as part of the published papers, and they come with the name of the referee. see http://www.biology-direct.com/
And they have some weird papers, too. Check the last one by Eugene Koonin (the one with 'eternal inflation' in the title.

Yes, I am aware of it. That is excellent.

And yes, weird paper, isn't it?