All Nature Portfolio journals, including Communications Biology, offer a double anonymized peer review option. Authors may choose this option at submission to remain anonymous to referees prior to ...

If the editor decides to send the manuscript to peer reviewers, they will contact researchers with relevant expertise. Reviewer selection is critical to the review process, and we work hard to ...

The following outline can be used to track the status of your manuscript. If you currently have a manuscript in peer review, you will see a status message on your Author Dashboard in ScholarOne under ...

The process of assessing manuscripts is crucial in making sure that the scientific record is accurate, trustworthy and of high quality. It’s an integral part of getting great science into the world.

Why does inclusion and diversity in peer review matter? A peer review process that is inclusive can promote quality and fairness. If we encourage debate and discussion from a diverse range of voices, ...

To some, this may appear to be a reason for concern with how scholarly research is being conducted, the legitimacy of the peer-review process and how research is being used to influence policy ...

The author-editor relationship should be a dance, not a duel. An author is not at the mercy of the process; you are a partner ...

In October, I wrote “In Defense of Reader 2,” about the peer-review process and the notorious hypercritical reviewer known as “Reader 2” (in sending you peer reviews of your work ...

The traditional gatekeepers of academic publishing—prestigious journals and their editors—no longer hold all the cards.

but how will this affect researchers as future applications of AI-powered algorithms impact each stage of the review and publishing process? Join Sonja Krane of ACS Publications and Osvaldo Oliviera ...

The new deadlines, which were initially set for 1 April 2024 and 1 April 2025, have now been extended to 1 July 2025 for Phase III and 1 January 2026 for Phase IV.