Professor Jim Reekers has started to notice that more reviewers are sending conflicting decision recommendations to the editor. In this blog post he… Read more »
We have all experienced unfair or sometimes even hostile peer reviews. Papers which later proved to be a turning point in research have been rejected… Read more »
For science to be truly open, research must go beyond simply being available to all, and actively engage the patients and the… Read more »
Gender and diversity issues are taking center stage and there is growing awareness of the under representation of women as… Read more »
The importance of providing academics with training in research integrity is widely accepted; but what is less clear is how best… Read more »
Last month, Dina Balabanova, (Associate Professor in Health Systems Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine… Read more »
Earlier this year Genome Biology launched a trial of transparent peer review, allowing reviewers' reports and authors' responses… Read more »
Peer review is central to the publishing process and has a fundamental role to play in maintaining the integrity of the published… Read more »
As part of this year’s peer review week celebrations, Alice Meadows (ORCID) chaired a panel debate with Irene Hames (Peer review… Read more »
At Springer Nature every week is Peer Review Week. Each week our dedicated in-house editorial staff spend thousands of hours… Read more »