I presume that the current review process was essential for and formulated in the ages of printed journals. It is good to know before going into the press if a

I presume that the current review process was essential for and formulated in the ages of printed journals. It is good to know before going into the press if a work worthwile the costs and hustle. Beyond the simplicity of publications that the writing mentions. Meanwhile journals went online for presenting the papers yet procedures remained in the Gutenberg era, with pre-publishment reviews. Why not using the advancement of modern technology not just for decreasing the printing costs and pushing pdf on a site (and keep charging a lot for the service), but extend it with post-publishment review possibility. Add further reviews later at the source of the article itself when relevant thing happens (advancement, refutement, reproduction (hehe), fraud, ...). Something of an advanced and improved commenting service from the journals, or better yet, a consortium of journals to form a common ground for Web 2.0 style interactions for scientists and perhaps other stakeholders and the general public too, where all can review posts and rate the journal, with weight of their own influence factor based on familiarity into the topic, likely determined by the quality and amount of their own publications reviewed, hence the weight of a presently sought out experienced researcher for peer-review have higher impact factor with his/hers attached review than Average Joe from the Lowerville Technical Society buying access to the review system. Oh yes, the system is not free to maintain, so those publishing and want review have subscription for it to the appropriate level (government support is not excluded obviously, this is a thing for the benefit of mankind afterall, in theory :) ). It will not solve the fundamental replication and fraud crisis but may make it more traceable, discovering quality easier, if the system is built right. Which naturaly is an immence difficulty on its own, how to build right and reliable with current players not really interested in change, but probably worth trying, no?