Peer review ensures quality in academic research by having experts evaluate and validate study results before publication, crucial for maintaining scholarly integrity.

A recent article published in Nature highlights the overwhelming number of peer-reviewed research papers that were retracted in 2023. To some, this may appear to be a reason for concern with how ...

Peer-reviewed research is the gold standard for science. We rely on that system to weed out the discoveries from the detritus. However, growing concerns over how the peer-review system operates are ...

What is peer review of teaching (PRT)? Peer review is recognized in academia as a measure for ensuring quality work that meets standards and expectations among experts. Similarly, peer review of ...

Peer review is a process by which students are asked to look at other students' work and provide feedback. While most commonly used for writing assignments, peer review can be used for any project or ...

Some requests by reviewers to cite their own publications are coercive and can unnecessarily delay indexation and publication.

Any scientist with something worthwhile to share with the scientific community wants to publish. However, any published article in a creditable journal has to run the gauntlet of the peer-review ...

The language in Nature was pretty mild as far as freakouts go. ChatGPT and other similar A.I. tools, the editors wrote, threaten “the transparency and trust-worthiness that the process of generating ...

Researchers whose funding was affected, along with organizations that represented them, sued. The suit ended up split into ...

Today the National Institutes of Health is announcing plans to centralize peer review of all applications for grants, cooperative agreements and research and development contracts within the agency's ...

The following types of contribution to Nature Portfolio journals are peer-reviewed: Articles, Letters, Brief Communications, Matters Arising, Technical Reports, Analysis, Resources, Reviews, ...