Mistakes are made, but peer review, through conscientious effort on the part of referees, helps to protect the literature, promote good science and select the best. Until a truly viable ...

It’s an integral part of getting great science into the world. We recognise the important role of our peer reviewers, offering support and recognition to every member of our network. Peer review is ...

This year’s theme is "Identity in Peer Review." Peer review is an integral part of getting great science into the world. We are here to support you in your work, and recognise the vital role of peer ...

Peer review is a system used to decide if an article should be published in a peer-reviewed journal. Each paper submitted to a peer-reviewed journal is read and evaluated by experts in the article’s ...

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 ...

Agencies such as the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of Defense (DOD), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), receive far more grant requests ...

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 ...

Scientists across the world form a scientific community. In school, your peer group are other students of your age. For scientists, their peers are other scientists, usually in the same area of ...

In other ways, peer review has become more onerous. Journal proliferation has obscured both the real and perceived standards to which manuscripts are held. Today’s biomedical science is more ...