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Peer Review Week 2020
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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…
- Audrey Fernz
- September 23, 2020
As we talk about trust in peer review, the theme of Peer Review Week 2020, we asked top-journal peer reviewers to share their views on this integral process. Read on to…
- Elizabeth George
- September 22, 2020
Today, even top researchers, editors and publishers are frustrated with the peer review system. So, what can or should be done to improve trust in the peer review system…
- Erin Reardon
- September 22, 2020
In Peer Review Week 2020, we discuss trust in peer review with a focus on the main challenges for peer reviewers, and whether AI and technology can change scholarly…
- Elizabeth George
- September 21, 2020
The words “published in a peer reviewed journal” are sometimes considered as the gold standard in science. But any professional scientist will tell you that the fact an…
- The Conversation
- September 21, 2020
Academic review process was different in Einstein’s time. In his brilliant career, the only time his work was subjected to blind peer review – the authors don’t know the…
- The Conversation
- September 21, 2020
Is the need for speed and urgency being balanced by the need for quality in peer review during COVID-19? This article briefly explores this question.
- Mriganka Awati
- September 21, 2020
This post summarizes the main results of a survey on trust in peer review among Chinese researchers.
- Mriganka Awati
- September 21, 2020
At first, it seems AI and peer review have nothing in common. Peer reviewers are human, and no machine has (yet) come up with the ability to read a paper and decide if…
- Michael Upshall
- September 18, 2020
The truth is that love it or hate it, peer reviews play an integral part of the scholarly publishing process and research authors must learn to live with it. But in the…
- Elizabeth George
- September 17, 2020