Peer Community In
Introduction
International Journal of Limnology is a PCI-friendly journal.
PCI (https://peercommunityin.org/) is a non-profit, non-commercial platform that publishes peer-reviews and recommendations of preprints, and that is supported by many universities and research organisations worldwide. Once recommended, a preprint can either remain on the preprint server or can be submitted to journals.
Articles recommended by the communities PCI Ecology, PCI Evol Biol, PCI Zoology, PCI Ecotox Env Chem, PCI Paleo and PCI Microbiol are welcome in IJL, as long as they concern inland water environments.
Preparation of your article
If your article was previously recommended by PCI, please add a section at the end of your article, before the references, titled Peer review, with the link to the PCI recommendations.
Example:
Peer review
A preprint of this article on bioRxiv has been reviewed and recommended by Peer Community in Ecology: Nicolas F. St-Gelais, Richard J. Vogt, Paul A. del Giorgio, Beatrix E. Beisner (2022). The taxonomic and functional biogeographies of phytoplankton and zooplankton communities across boreal lakes. Peer Community in Ecology, https://doi.org/10.24072/pci.ecology.100082.
Submission of your article
If your article was previously recommended by PCI, you should indicate at the time of submission that PCI reviewer recommendations are available:
- Respond to the author question in Editorial Manager, and provide the DOI of the PCI recommendation in the corresponding field, in the format https://doi.org/10.24072/pci.ecology.xxxxxx, https://doi.org/10.24072/pci.evolbiol.xxxxxx or equivalent depending on the PCI community.
- Include also this information in your cover letter for the attention of the Editor in charge of your article.
If the recommended preprint falls in the scope of the journal, it will be accepted without further peer-review (but correction of the article can be requested).
Publication of your article
If your article is accepted for publication in IJL, a link to the PCI recommendations will be added alongside your published article.