Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era: Peer Review Week 2025
We are excited to announce the upcoming Peer Review Week (PRW) 2025, that will take place from September 15-19, 2025. At Editage, we will be joining the activity-packed week that will celebrate the essential role of peer review in upholding research quality and integrity.
This year’s theme is “Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era.”
This is a truly bold and timely theme that will surely drive interesting dialogues with the aim to re-imagine the way we do peer review. Today, artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to be a major influence in reshaping the peer review landscape. We will discuss the implications this will have on academia, both from the researchers’ and the publishers’ perspective.
Some questions that will be explored this year include:
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How can AI enhance, rather than undermine, reviewer integrity and transparency?
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What ethical guidelines should govern the use of AI in peer review?
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How can we train and support reviewers in the responsible use of AI tools?
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What aspects of peer review must remain uniquely human?
Roohi Ghosh, Co-Chair of the PRW Steering Committee 2025, said “This year’s theme is especially exciting; the conversation has moved beyond debating whether AI should be adopted; its integration is now an undeniable reality. Our focus must shift to reimagining peer review to transcend traditional methods, embrace AI’s potential, and ensure that the process retains its essential humanity.” In a joint statement, the PRW Steering Committee invited everyone to take part and help guide this transformation with responsibility, integrity, and vision.
Any questions? Do post them on our Q&A forum at Editage Insights.
Keep watching this space for more updates on upcoming events and resources around Peer Review Week.
Here is a video from Peer Review Week 2024 that you can watch as we gear up for this year’s event!
To learn more, submit your activity, or explore the new Peer Review Week website at www.peerreviewweek.net.
We also recommend and encourage using #PeerReviewWeek and #PRW2025 to join the conversation on social media!
FAQs
1. What is Peer Review Week?
Peer review week (PRW) is an annual event that celebrates the crucial role peer review plays in global research advancements. Individuals from various organizations, institutions, and universities come together to participate in promoting a single message: effective peer review is vital for maintaining research integrity while making headway in scholarly communication. This initiative focuses on different themes each year, selected by the global scientific community, and features activities like webinars, interviews, blogs, podcasts and much more.
2. What is the main purpose of peer review?
The main purpose of peer review is to maintain the quality of research shared with the scholarly community. Journals follow a rigorous peer review process to ensure that the papers published report findings that are validated by experts in the field by giving authors constructive feedback on improving their research manuscripts. Essentially, the peer review process serves as a quality control mechanism for academic journals to help editors publish valid and appropriate research papers while filtering out flawed submissions.
