Introduction to Open Peer Review with PREreview

This is the second of a two-part online training covering the basics of preprints and peer review skills, and providing the opportunity to take part in a collaborative preprint review, which you can add to your ORCID profile. This first webinar was held on Wednesday, 26th November, 4pm EAT / 1pm UTC and the second on Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 at 1pm EAT / 10am UTC. This workshop series was hosted by the Digital Hub for Open Research in East Africa and facilitated by Vanessa Fairhurst (Head of Community, PREreview) and Aneth David (PREreview Champion 2025 & Rising Scholar). Session 2: Introduction to Open Peer Review In this session, we cover: The difference between traditional peer review and open peer review. Strategies to write a manuscript review that reduces bias and offers constructive, clear, and actionable peer-review feedback Understand how and why to contribute to reviews of preprints on PREreview.org You can find the recording of this session at: https://youtu.be/0MpvuBsCx5wThe materials from session 1 can be found at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17725959