{ "abstract": "Scientific publishing plays a central role in advancing science by disseminating knowledge and sharing new findings among researchers. In recent decades, the development of the World Wide Web has profoundly transformed the scientific publishing system and reshaped the scholarly communication landscape. This transformation has led to an exponential increase in published articles. A search of articles and reviews indexed in the Scopus database using the search terms “DOCTYPE (ar) OR DOCTYPE (re)” shows an increase from 3488 publications in 1868 to more than 3.5 million articles in 2025. This rapid expansion has been associated with structural shifts in research dissemination, particularly the proliferation of new publishing channels, including online journals, open access (OA) models, conference proceedings, and journal “special issues,” collectively contributing to increased publication output. Importantly, OA models play a crucial role in making innovative research more accessible, diverse, and widely disseminated.\n\nCite this article as: Palani A, Metin Mahmutoglu A, Mostafa T, et al. A collaborative framework toward a transparent and structured pre-submission peer review process in scientific publishing. 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