This has been discussed before: https://dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/two-stage-peer-review-of-manuscripts-methods-review-prior-to-data-collection-fu

This has been discussed before: https://dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/two-stage-peer-review-of-manuscripts-methods-review-prior-to-data-collection-full-review-after/ https://dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/two-stage-pe... http://neurochambers.blogspot.com/2013/04/scientific-publishing-as-it-was-meant_10.html http://neurochambers.blogspot.com/2013/04/scientific-publish... Personally as a researcher, I think the idea is definitely a good one.