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How can authors and reviewers rebuild trust in peer review? By making ethical, informed choices

This article explores how authors and reviewers can make a difference to the quality of peer review by making the right choices, maintaining integrity, and having their…
How can authors and reviewers rebuild trust in peer review? By making ethical, informed choices

Overcoming impostor phenomenon as a peer reviewer

Each time I agree to review, I remember that first time, feeling like a scholarly impostor. Instead of letting it slow me down, I use it to shape my goals as a reviewer.
Overcoming impostor phenomenon as a peer reviewer

Scientists confirm presence of acetonitrile in distant interstellar gas cloud

How did organic matter reach the Earth in the first place? One way to ponder this question is by observing the distribution and abundance of complex organic molecules in…
Scientists confirm presence of acetonitrile in distant interstellar gas cloud

In ancient giant viruses lies the truth behind evolution of nucleus in eukaryotic cells

An exchange of genetic material that occurred when ancient giant viruses infected ancient eukaryotic cells could have caused the nucleus of the eukaryotic cell—its…
In ancient giant viruses lies the truth behind evolution of nucleus in eukaryotic cells

Can peer review training foster trust in the research process?

Most researchers gain experience as a peer reviewer when they start reviewing papers themselves. The quality of peer review can have an impact of the trust that journal…
Can peer review training foster trust in the research process?

Is the trust in peer review broken? A holistic look from the author's, reviewer's and editor's perspectives

Trust is at play at various touchpoints of interactions among editors, researchers, and reviewers. Therefore, this is also where there is a potential for trust to be…
Is the trust in peer review broken? A holistic look from the author's, reviewer's and editor's perspectives

This is how AI will speed up peer reviews

As we discuss trust in this year’s Peer Review Week, our expert Christopher Leonard explains how AI is being used to aid human decision making, and how this, in turn,…
This is how AI will speed up peer reviews

Urban studies experts condense decades of research on struggle to afford a house

Unaffordable housing is a growing worldwide problem. In a recent review published in the International Journal of Urban Sciences, researchers dig into the housing…
Urban studies experts condense decades of research on struggle to afford a house

Is the growth of preprints eroding trust in peer review?

As the world comes together for Peer Review Week, we look at the benefits and challenges of preprints, and whether its growing popularity is eroding trust in peer review…
Is the growth of preprints eroding trust in peer review?

Important pre-submission checks to help you sail through peer review

The long-drawn peer review process can be frustrating for not just for researchers, but also for the journal editor. How can you, the author, help accelerate the…