The peer review process is central to science – but it can be easily manipulated. Improving it is vital to uphold research ...

On February 19, 2025, the California Court of Appeal published a decision, Lin v. Board of Directors of PrimeCare Medical ...

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It is expected that in 2025, approximately three million articles will be indexed in Scopus and the Web of Science. If each undergoes peer review by two experts, and an additional 2 million articles ...

A teaching point that makes clear the clinical importance of the submission ... the image will be sent on for peer review and then brought to a monthly editorial meeting for further consideration.

A Cochrane review reveals significant gaps in the clinical rating scales used to assess pain in newborn babies, highlighting the urgent need for improved tools and global collaboration. The review is ...

PAVM), today announced that its ENVET-BE clinical utility study has been accepted for publication in Gastroenterology & Hepatology—the fifth peer-reviewed publication of clinical utility data ...

Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers represent a significant global health burden with complex biological behaviors and ...

Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology is a peer-reviewed journal ... Articles are subject to rigorous peer-review and/or review by in-house editors. Topics covered include epidemiology, screening ...

The Editor-in-Chief must approve all accept and reject decisions, except when away or recused from peer review. Authors can expect to learn of a decision on their paper approximately 4 weeks after ...

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 ...

Despite its importance as the ultimate gatekeeper of scientific publication and funding, peer review is known to engender bias, incompetence, excessive expense, ineffectiveness, and corruption. A ...