"Nature" < http://www.nature.com > is undertaking open peer review trial. In this trial, authors whose submissions to Nature are sent for peer review will also be offered the opportunity to participate in an open peer review process < http://www.nature.com/nature/peerreview/index.html >. In Nature's peer review trial, lasting for three months, authors can choose to have their submissions posted on a preprint server for open comments, in parallel with the conventional peer review process. < http://blogs.nature.com/nature/peerreview/trial/ > It has also initiated a web debate for perspectives about peer review from those who believe it is working well and also those who prefer other options. < http://www.nature.com/nature/peerreview/debate/index.html > --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. http://openmed.nic.in