On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Mathieu ONeil mathieu.oneil@anu.edu.au wrote:
Once the publication process is launched then yes, normally everything (initial sub, reviews, responses, final paper) is published.
But like I said, it seems that special issues are, at present, exempt from that? http://peerproduction.net/peer-review/current/ (dated 2011) https://lists.ourproject.org/pipermail/jopp-public/2012-September/000090.htm...
Personally I don't see any conflict between having a 90% *rejection rate* (or whatever rate you prefer), while continuing to "publish" informally (as a pre-print or non-print) all initial submissions together with their reviews. Including for special issues.