There has been a lively debate in many fields, including statistics and
related applied fields such as psychology and biomedical research, on possible
reforms of the scholarly publishing system. Currently, referees contribute so
much to improve scientific papers, both directly through constructive criticism
and indirectly through the threat of rejection. We discuss ways in which new
approaches to journal publication could continue to make use of the valuable
efforts of peer reviewers.Comment: 13 page