Decoding the Peer Review Process
Peer review plays a significant role in the publication of a manuscript. Peer review constantly undergoes changes based on the latest trends and happenings in the publishing…
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New Portable Peer Review Policy and Its Effect on Academia
Academics understand the importance of publishing their work. Publications help researchers spread their ideas and gain recognition in their field. What some might not see is that…
Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in Peer Review
Although publication is a key to success in the academic world, the peer review process is not free from bias. Studies have shown that women and national minorities still face…
Peer Review Week 2018: Diversity in Peer Review
Peer review week was jointly initiated by ORCID, Sense About Science, Wiley, and ScienceOpen in the year 2015 to underscore the importance of peer review in maintaining the overall…
Top 10 Tips for Peer Reviewers
Peer review is essential to ensure the quality of research that is published in academic journals. It ensures manuscript and journal quality and is, therefore, a crucial aspect of…
Peer Review: 5 Smart Tips for Providing Constructive Feedback
Peer review is an extremely crucial aspect of the publication cycle. It helps ensure manuscript and journal quality. The process aims to provide written feedback in the form of…
Redefining Academic Peer Review: An Interview With ReviewerCredits
Peer review is a critical part of the scholarly publishing process. Apart from their busy schedules, researchers spend countless hours in peer-reviewing manuscripts for free. This…
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…
Why are Women Underrepresented in the Area of Research?
Academic researchers publish their work in academic journals. However, the number of women publishing research is significantly lesser in comparison to men. It is well known that…
Invited to Peer Review? Do This Before You Submit Your Report
An invitation to peer review a journal article depends on a researcher’s area of expertise in the field. The handy checklist below provides a guide to researchers considering peer…
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…
