How Can Publishers Balance Between Authors & Reviewers
Most authors are very familiar with the process of academic publication. After a researcher has prepared their manuscript and selected a suitable journal, it is time to submit the…
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How Sharing Peer Review Data Helps Counter Scientific Misconduct
Life science research is going through a reproducibility crisis. Indeed, 70% of researchers have tried and failed to reproduce another scientist’s experiments. This has prompted…
Enhancing the Quality of Academic Papers with Statistical Review
High-quality scientific manuscripts should include accurate and rigorous statistical and data analyses, allowing other researchers to reproduce the findings presented. Although…
Is Peer Review Biased?
Academic publishing relies on peer review to ensure research quality. Is there bias in peer review? And if so, how does it affect academic research? A recent study examined the…
The Author’s Perspective on Peer Review: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The peer review process is vital for the production of scientific knowledge. But this cornerstone of science may be crumbling, increasingly weakened by a confluence of factors.…
To Peer Review or Not to Peer Review: Should We Publish Everything?
As the world of academic publishing has struggled to embrace digital technology and the phenomenal growth of open access journals, the process of peer review has remained…
What Happens When the Peer Editor Is Wrong?
You open the email from the editor of the journal you submitted your article to, what now seems like ages ago and you see those wonderful words: Your article has been accepted for…
Is the Peer Review Process a Scam?
Many academic historians trace the peer review process back to 1752 when the Royal Society of London created a “Committee on Papers” to review submission for publication in their…
