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Archives: Peer Review

Access to Science & Scholarship: An Interview with Amy Brand of MIT Press

On September 20, 2024, MIT Press hosted a workshop, Access to Science & Scholarship:  An Evidence Base to Support the Future of Open Research Policy. I interviewed Amy Brand to discuss the goals and outcomes of the workshop.

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Dec 5, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Disruption As an End in Itself: eLife’s Suspension and DORA’s Response

DORA’s reaction to Clarivate’s decision to no longer fully index eLife (and, therefore, not to give it a Journal Impact Factor) seems inconsistent with both its and eLife’s public positions, and based on the mistaken belief that “disruption” is an absolute good in itself.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Nov 27, 2024
  • 26 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

First-Hand Publishing Experiences: Researcher Panel at SSP’s New Directions Seminar

A diverse panel of researchers shared their first-hand publishing experiences at the 2024New Directions seminar.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad, Avriel Licciardi
  • Nov 6, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Silverchair Buys ScholarOne from Clarivate

Analysis from Roger Schonfeld on today’s news that Silverchair is buying ScholarOne from Clarivate, a transaction that realigns infrastructure and allows each to focus on its strengths.

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Oct 28, 2024
  • 9 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Scholarly Publishing: The Elephant (And Other Wildlife) In The Room

Journal-based scholarly communication needs a structural change

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Oct 24, 2024
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Guest Post — Upholding the Integrity of Open Science

As preprints become an increasingly integral part of scholarly communication, can automated screening tools improve their reliability and preprint servers’ operational efficiency?

  • By Krishna Kumar Venkitachalam
  • Oct 23, 2024
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post — Overcoming Skepticism Through Experimentation: The Role of AI in Transforming Peer Review

AI offers great potential, but also raises significant concerns when it comes to its use in peer review. Experimentation with AI is needed to find the right role for it in the process.

  • By Krishna Kumar Venkitachalam
  • Oct 9, 2024
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post: Behind Every Paper is a Person – Reviewer Comments Matter

IOP Publishing offers a short video that draws attention to the importance of professional and constructive peer reviews.

  • By Laura Feetham-Walker
  • Sep 27, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

Embracing Innovation: Insights from Peer Review Leaders on Managing Technological Change

The real challenge in implementing new peer review technologies lies in managing the human and organizational changes required to make these innovations stick. Three experts share their insights into how they are leading their teams through these transformative processes.

  • By Jasmine Wallace, Laurie Webby, Alison Denby, Erika Mann
  • Sep 27, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Innovation and Technology in Peer Review: Some User Perspectives

In today’s Peer Review Week post we hear perspectives on innovation and technology in peer review from a diverse group of users from different countries and disciplines.

  • By Alice Meadows, Leo Anthony Celi, Kaushik Madapati, Grace Pold, Nora Slonimsky, Ivone Cabral, Joshua Piker, Sophie Reisz, Heidi Koch-Bubel, Michael Roy, Michael Willis
  • Sep 26, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Guest Post — From Bottleneck to Breakthrough: AI’s Role in the Future of Peer Review

Peer review needs reform. AI systems can act as assistants, providing valuable feedback for both reviewers and editors.

  • By Zeger Karssen
  • Sep 25, 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — Is AI the Answer to Peer Review Problems, or the Problem Itself?

Are there ways to use AI in the research workflow to speed up the peer review process — and, while we’re at it, to address some of the other problems around bias and quality?

  • By Christopher Leonard
  • Sep 24, 2024
  • 5 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Some Thoughts on the Promise and Pitfalls of Innovation and Technology in Peer Review 

Today Alice Meadows, Jasmine Wallace, and Karin Wulf officially kick off a week of posts to celebrate Peer Review Week 2024 on the Kitchen with their thoughts on the promise and pitfalls of innovation and technology in peer review

  • By Alice Meadows, Jasmine Wallace, Karin Wulf
  • Sep 23, 2024
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Peer Review Week 2024: Ask the Chefs

Leading into Peer Review Week 2024, we ask the Chefs: What is, or would be, the most valuable innovation in peer review for your community?

  • By Alice Meadows, Avi Staiman, Hong Zhou, Karin Wulf, Tim Vines, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Sep 20, 2024
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 10 mins

Ask the Community — Thoughts on a Class Action Lawsuit Brought Against Scholarly Publishers

Antitrust litigation has been filed against six major scholarly publishers. We reached out to the community for their thoughts.

  • By David Crotty, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Sven Fund, Sami Benchekroun, Rick Anderson, Matt Hodgkinson, A.J. Boston, Alison Mudditt
  • Sep 18, 2024
  • 12 Comments
  • Time To Read: 14 mins

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