Disclosing work prior to submission to a journal would benefit scientists seeking to be acknowledged for their discoveries.

Journals should publish referee reports and respond to well-founded concerns about papers after publication.

White principal investigators applying to the National Science Foundation are consistently funded at higher rates than most non-white PIs.

From July 2021 eLife will only review manuscripts already published as preprints, and will focus its editorial process on producing public reviews to be posted alongside the preprints.

eLife is changing its editorial process to emphasize public reviews and assessments of preprints by eliminating accept/reject decisions after peer review.

Redaction, intended to obscure personal and institutional identity, reduced the gap between Black vs. White applicants in simulated review of real NIH scientific grant applications, thus providing qualified support for double-blinded models of peer review.

Open research practices bring significant benefits to researchers.

Ensuring that public feedback on preprints is focused, appropriate, specific and transparent (or FAST) will help to develop a thriving culture for reviewing and commenting on preprints.