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Revisiting — Should You “Revise and Resubmit”? Probably

Today Angela Cochran revisits a post from 2016 on “revise and resubmit” decisions and what it means for authors and editors. Do new peer review models or cascading programs change the use of “revise and resubmit”?

  • By Angela Cochran
  • Aug 22, 2022
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — Has Peer Review Created a Toxic Culture in Academia? Moving from ‘Battering’ to ‘Bettering’ in the Review of Academic Research

Avi Staiman suggests revamping the peer review process to make it less about tearing down the work of others, and more about helping authors improve their papers.

  • By Avi Staiman
  • Aug 16, 2022
  • 31 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Guest Post — Leveraging the Digital ABCs: AI, Big Data, and Cloud Computing

In today’s guest post, Hong Zhou and Megan Prosser of Atypon explore how new technology and new ideas — specifically around AI, Big Data, and Cloud computing – can advance our industry.

  • By Hong Zhou, Megan Prosser
  • Jul 13, 2022
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

The New STM Integrity Hub

Interview with Joris van Rossum  and Hylke Koers about the new STM Integrity Hub service launch and its potential future developments.

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • May 3, 2022
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

A New Twist on a Publishing Scam: Ghost-authoring Book Reviews for Fun and Profit

In a new twist on academic fraud, a company now offers to pay you to write and publish book reviews that will be credited to someone else.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Apr 5, 2022
  • 13 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post: Preprint Feedback is Here – Let’s Make it Constructive and FAST

ASAPBio offers set of principles and guidelines for preprint feedback.

  • By Sandra Franco Iborra, Jessica Polka, Iratxe Puebla
  • Feb 28, 2022
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Building Bridges with the Manuscript Exchange Common Approach (MECA)

Manuscript Exchange Common Approach (MECA) committee members champion the benefits of standardizing the transfer of papers between journals.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Nov 10, 2021
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post: Empowering Young Scientists Through Publication – 10 years of the Journal of Emerging Investigators

Today’s post looks back on the Journal of Emerging Investigators as it approaches it’s 10th anniversary of providing a forum from middle school and high school students.

  • By Kari Mattison
  • Oct 26, 2021
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Recognition in Peer Review

Haseeb Irfanullah looks at recognition in peer review, what’s offered now and what’s on the horizon. How does this affect the process?

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Oct 12, 2021
  • 4 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — The Evolving Role of Scientific Editing

In a collaborative open peer review process, the editor’s role changes as much as the reviewer’s role. Editors share some insights about how this works at JOSS.

  • By Daniel S. Katz, Arfon M. Smith
  • Sep 23, 2021
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — Why the “Who” of Peer Review is Important

Continuing our series of posts for Peer Review Week 2021, guest authors Matt Giampoala, Randy Townsend, and Paige Wooden of AGU share their efforts to improve reviewer and editorial board diversity.

  • By Matt Giampoala, Randy Townsend, Paige Wooden
  • Sep 22, 2021
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Open Reviewer Identities: Full Steam Ahead or Proceed with Caution?

Open peer review has been growing steadily but its implementations take many different forms. Alison Mudditt and Véronique Kiermer take a deep dive into the question of whether reviewers should be openly identified.

  • By Véronique Kiermer, Alison Mudditt
  • Sep 21, 2021
  • 17 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Identity in/and Peer Review: Kicking off Peer Review Week 2021

Identity in/ and Peer Review. Previewing some of the themes from this week’s posts for Peer Review Week.

  • By Karin Wulf, Jasmine Wallace, Alice Meadows
  • Sep 20, 2021
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Ask The Chefs: How Does Identity Influence Peer Review?

In anticipation of #PeerReviewWeek21 we asked the Chefs about the role of identity in peer review. See what they said and share your views!

  • By Ann Michael, Charlie Rapple, Tim Vines, Haseeb Irfanullah, Alice Meadows, Jasmine Wallace, Robert Harington, Judy Luther
  • Sep 16, 2021
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 10 mins

Revisiting: When is a Preprint Server Not a Preprint Server?

Revisiting a 2017 post that asks, “When does a preprint become a publication?”

  • By David Crotty
  • Sep 15, 2021
  • 19 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

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