About PEvO
What is PEvO?
PEvO (Publish and Evaluate Openly) is an open platform for scientific publication and interactive peer evaluation. Papers, reviews, and votes are recorded on a permanent public record that no single entity controls, making the entire scientific discourse transparent, permanent, and verifiable.
Why Open Science?
Traditional academic publishing suffers from opaque peer review processes, paywalled access, slow publication cycles, and concentrated gatekeeping power. PEvO addresses these issues by making publication instant, review transparent, and access unrestricted.
No Paywalls
All research is freely accessible to everyone, permanently.
Transparent Review
Reviews and ratings are publicly recorded and verifiable by anyone.
No Gatekeepers
Accredited researchers publish directly. No editor bottleneck.
Permanent Record
Published work cannot be altered or censored after the fact.
How It Works
PEvO replaces the gatekept journal model with open, transparent publishing and evaluation.
The Process
- 1Publish. Write your paper in Markdown or upload a PDF. Your name and timestamp are permanently recorded on the public record.
- 2Review. Accredited researchers write structured peer reviews with ratings on methodology, novelty, clarity, and significance. Anonymous reviewing is supported.
- 3Evaluate. The community votes on papers and reviews. Reputation scores are computed transparently from your published activity: publications, reviews, votes, citations, and accreditation status.
Architecture
PEvO is built on the Hive network and IPFS for permanent, distributed storage that no single entity controls.
Accreditation
Anyone can read and vote on PEvO. To publish papers and write reviews, researchers verify their identity through an institutional email. This accreditation is recorded as a public attestation, building trust without centralized control.
Open Source
PEvO is non-profit, MIT-licensed, and fully forkable. The reputation algorithm is transparent and configurable. All data lives on a permanent public record that anyone can read. There are no tokens, no paywalls, no vendor lock-in.