Results-free Peer Review: A New Way to Evaluate Manuscripts?
Does reviewing a paper without seeing its results actually help referees make a fairer decision? The open access journal BMC Psychology, published by BioMed Central, certainly…
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Publons: Giving Credit to Peer Reviewers
During the second Peer Review Week in 2016, there were extensve discussions on how the institution of peer review is far from perfect. The problems with peer review in scientific…
Computer-aided Peer Review: How Automation Might Influence Academic Publishing
You may have probably heard about fake papers that made it into peer-reviewed publications over the past few years, but now even fake peer reviews are being generated. A group of…
Peer Review Week 2016: Recognition for Review
One of the motivations behind Peer Review Week 2015 was to highlight the amount of work that scientists do as peer reviewers and how vital that work is to the scholarly…
What Is Peer Review Week?
Peer review is a fundamental and irreplaceable part of scholarly communication. However, it is often a role and a process that is overlooked or taken for granted. To recognize the…
Why Is Double-Blind Peer Review Bad for Publishing?
In experimental science double-blind testing is the standard procedure. To avoid bias it is important that neither the subject nor the evaluator knows which pills are the potential…
How Should the Performance of Peer Reviewers be Assessed?
Serving Two Masters
Which elements should be considered as a metric for performance as a good peer reviewer? If we look at the process from the perspective of the manuscript, a…
Should Peer Reviewers Sign a Code of Ethics?
Increased Scrutiny of a Critical Process:
A Google search for “peer review best practices” will produce over 5,600 results, with numerous examples of detailed manuals and…
Should a Peer Reviewer Be Paid?
Should a Peer Reviewer Choose Honor above Money?
The peer review process has always been considered to be a proud tradition in the academic community. Experienced and highly…
What Is a Peer Review and Citation Ring?
Rigging the System
Collusion between bogus reviewers to improve the chances of an article getting published, also known as a “peer review and citation ring,” is becoming a serious…
What Constitutes a Good Peer Review?
In the world of academic publishing, a formal peer review can occur at different points in the publication process. Though not formal in structure, the first review of your…
How Should Peer Reviewers Be Evaluated?
Peer Review: A Forgotten Service?
The peer review process in academic journal publishing only seems to get attention when something goes wrong. From the perspective of an anxious…