Dr. Gareth Dyke is an accomplished researcher, author, and journal manager with over 380 peer-reviewed publications. With extensive experience bridging academia and publishing, he has worked with Charlesworth, TopEdit, Edanz, Springer Nature, Reviewer Credits, and 4Evolution. He is a Consultant specialising in scholarly markets and researcher networks in China and Central Asia, and is a co-founder of Sci-Train. Holding a PhD from the University of Bristol, he has held faculty positions at University College Dublin and the University of Southampton, and in Beijing and Chengdu, China. Gareth is also an experienced educator, delivering global researcher training sessions and collaborating with institutions across Europe and Asia.
AI in science should not be viewed merely as a productivity tool layered onto existing workflows. It represents a structural shift in how knowledge moves through society, and therefore in how scientific authority is established and maintained.
Today, we share the results of a global community poll that produced the theme for Peer Review Week 2026 (14–18 September): “Peer Review Capacity: Volume, Speed and Quality.”
Today’s guest bloggers assert that the future of the scholarly publishing depends on mastering science communication with the same rigor that global consumer brands apply to marketing.
Today’s guest post spotlights a new scientific intelligence engine inspired by Thomas Kuhn’s theory of scientific revolution and the mission to give humanity the ability to see its own progress while it unfolds.
Peer Review Quality Ratings could offer a powerful step toward restoring faith in the scholarly research system, highlight exemplary practices, and ensure that robust, verified science continues to illuminate the path forward for humanity.
We are pleased to announce the official theme for Peer Review Week 2025, to be held from 15–19 September 2025.
Here we examine the second phase of China’s Journal Excellence Action Plan, its implications, its funding framework, and what it means for Chinese scientific journals, researchers, and the broader international academic publishing community.
We’re delighted to reveal the eagerly awaited theme for this year’s Peer Review Week, Innovation and Technology in Peer Review.