In 2023, an academic journal, the Annals of Operations Research, retracted an entire special issue because the peer review process for it was compromised. The case brought into sharp focus broader ...

Peer review became universal almost accidentally, as a way to solve a branding problem. In the 1970s, the US economy was tanking. Inflation was up, employment was down, there was a gas crisis, and the ...

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

The evolution of peer review—also known as code review—is designed to prevent security vulnerabilities, code churn, design ...

Establishing a peer review of teaching process and community culture is not easy and takes time. Following recommendations from literature, research, and colleagues can help. A synthesis of this work ...

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 ...

To investigate implicit bias (IB) in the peer review process across ASCO and Conquer Cancer Foundation and to propose potential mitigation strategies. We, ASCO Working Group on Implicit Bias, selected ...

On March 6, 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced plans to centralize peer review of all applications for grants, cooperative agreements and research and development contracts within ...

Source: Image by Tung Lam from Pixabay As a psychologist and a scientist-practitioner, I am involved in research activities. Psychologists routinely conduct and consume research in order to advance ...

Any scientist with something worthwhile to share with the scientific community wants to publish. However, any published article in a creditable journal has to run the gauntlet of the peer-review ...

What is peer review of teaching (PRT)? Peer review is recognized in academia as a measure for ensuring quality work that meets standards and expectations among experts. Similarly, peer review of ...