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Archives: AI in peer review

Guest Post — Could AI Help Fix Peer Review, or Will it Only Make Things Worse?

Today’s post asserts that peer review, which is still of vital importance to science, is clearly failing in the current age — could AI save the day?

  • By Michael A. Bruno
  • Mar 18, 2026
  • 10 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

AI in Peer Review: Revisiting an 8-year-old Debate

In 2018 at SSP New Directions, Neil Blair Christensen and Angela Cochran participated in an Oxford debate on the use of AI in Peer Review. Today, they revisit their main points and reflect on where they think we are today and will likely be in another 8 years.

  • By Neil Blair Christensen, Angela Cochran
  • Mar 16, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — AI as Reader, Author, and Reviewer: What Stays Human?

Today’s guest blogger shares highlights from a recent panel at the New Directions Seminar that concluded AI is simultaneously the largest challenge and the largest opportunity.

  • By Steve Smith
  • Nov 6, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — May the AI Be With Science

AI has opened a new chapter in the saga of science and peer review. Today, guest author Prof. Nihar B. Shah explains how, if guided with integrity, AI can open galaxies of possibilities.

  • By Nihar B. Shah
  • Sep 19, 2025
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Peer Review in Transition: Helen King and Christopher Leonard on AI and the Future of Peer Review

Today, we talk to thought leaders Helen King and Chris Leonard, who offer a nuanced look at how peer review might adapt, fracture, or reinvent itself in the AI era.

  • By Roohi Ghosh
  • Sep 18, 2025
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 10 mins

Peer Review in the Era of AI: Risks, Rewards, and Responsibilities

The future of peer review isn’t about choosing between humans and AI, or between speed and quality, but about combining the strengths of both to enable speed with quality, to ensure quality, ethics, and trust in the scholarly record.

  • By Hong Zhou
  • Sep 17, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Guest Post — The Accessibility Illusion: When AI Simplification Fails the Users With Cognitive Disabilities

Guest blogger Hema Thakur shares results of her experiment using AI to improve the accessibility of peer review feedback — her findings may concern you!

  • By Hema Thakur
  • Jul 22, 2025
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post: Gatekeepers of Meaning — Peer Review, AI, and the Fight for Human Attention

Guest blogger, Ashutosh Ghildiyal, asks: Is AI for us, or are we for AI? In the all-important context of peer review, can we leverage AI to amplify human thought rather than replace us?

  • By Ashutosh Ghildiyal
  • Jul 17, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 10 mins

Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era: Announcing the Theme for Peer Review Week 2025

We are pleased to announce the official theme for Peer Review Week 2025, to be held from 15–19 September 2025.

  • By Maryam Sayab, Roohi Ghosh, Gareth Dyke, Maria Machado
  • Jun 10, 2025
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Peer Review Has Lost Its Human Face. So, What’s Next?

I think human-dependent peer review has lost its human element, thus its relevance, so what we can do to install a new system by abandoning the present one?

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Apr 9, 2025
  • 19 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 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 — 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

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

Unveiling Perspectives on Peer Review and Research Integrity: Survey Insights

How can we optimize the peer review process, and what role should AI play?

  • By Roohi Ghosh
  • Feb 7, 2024
  • 12 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — Hanging in the Balance: Generative AI Versus Scholarly Publishing

Balancing the anxiety and the excitement over the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) in scholarly publishing.

  • By Gwen Weerts
  • Jan 8, 2024
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

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