2025

Just like good research, good peer review must be very robust. I take my responsibilities as a researcher very seriously, and whenever I have the opportunity to conduct a peer review, I approach it with equal seriousness. I have a…

In 1950, Scientist Alan Turing asked a prophetic question in his landmark paper, “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”: He asked, “Can machines think?” He then proposed a thought experiment he called “The imitation game” where a human…

From early cases of falsified reviewer emails in 2012 to the mass retractions at BioMed Central, Springer, Hindawi, and Wiley, the timeline reveals how fake peer reviews and paper mill activities have escalated, with over 8,000 papers…

Executive Summary: Artificial intelligence is rapidly entering the conversation, offering tools for everything, from tone editing to triage and stirring intense debate about its rightful place. We present data gathered from 124…

Executive Summary AI is reshaping peer review, particularly in statistical evaluation. Beyond text generation, AI can check consistency, rerun analyses, and flag questionable practices, easing reviewer fatigue. Used responsibly with…

The peer review process is a unique testing ground for AI integration. AI can assist peer review by triaging submissions, detecting manipulations, and supporting reviewers with language and structure, provided maintenance of robust human…

Peer review has undergone significant transformation over the past few decades, driven largely by digital and technological innovations. Once a slow, paper-based process conducted entirely via postal exchanges, peer review shifted online in…

Introduction In the early 1980s and throughout that decade, the evidence-based medicine (EBM) movement appeared and gained momentum. Largely the brainchild of Canadian physician David Sackett, who is considered the father of evidence-based…

"Did you know that applying the scientific method to your research significantly boosts the credibility and reproducibility of your findings? According to studies indexed in PubMed, robust methodologies rooted in empirical data are…