A new expert-informed guide to writing effective peer review responses has just been published in Conservation Physiology, following up on a widely-read guide to writing constructive peer reviews.

Peer-reviewed research is the gold standard for science. We rely on that system to weed out the discoveries from the detritus. However, growing concerns over how the peer-review system operates are ...

The following types of contribution to Nature Portfolio journals are peer-reviewed: Articles, Letters, Brief Communications, Matters Arising, Technical Reports, Analysis, Resources, Reviews, ...

When I teach research methods, a major focus is peer review. As a process, peer review evaluates academic papers for their quality, integrity and impact on a field, largely shaping what scientists ...

Cone Health is a North Carolina-based nonprofit health system serving patients across 150 locations, including five hospitals and more than 120 physician practices. It had a peer review paper-based ...

Peer reviews cost firms time and effort, and some accountants believe the process is focused on finding mistakes, but the purpose of peer reviews is to enhance engagement quality. Peer reviews can ...

In an era plagued by malevolent sources flooding the internet with misrepresentations, distortions, manipulated imagery and flat-out lies, it should come as some comfort that in at least one arena ...

Occasional appearances to the contrary, I am not a generative AI refuser. What I am is a skeptic and (perhaps) resister who, when evaluating possible use of the technology, first looks at what is ...

IOP Publishing (IOPP) has developed a machine-learning powered tool to help detect duplicate peer review reports, addressing ...

Reviewer 1: “This manuscript is a timely and important contribution to the field, with clear methodology and compelling results. I recommend publication with only minor revisions.” Reviewer 2: “This ...

When asked what surprised her most about publishing after a summer spent working as an intern at one of our presses, a history graduate student replied, “In graduate school, we focus on tearing books ...