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NewsMost major journals’ peer review and preprint policies are unclear
Roughly one-third of 171 top academic journals surveyed offer no info on the type of peer review they use, and 40% have ambiguous preprint rules
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RSC report finds publishing pipeline hinders women
Peer reviewers were more likely to reject papers from female authors, especially if the reviewer was male
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Does peer review make scientists use more cautious language?
Analysis of bioscience journals reveals peer review does introduce more discussion of studies’ limitations
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Early career researchers often receive no credit for ‘ghostwritten’ peer reviews
Half of young scientists have critiqued papers without being named
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It's time peer reviewers got some love
Proper recognition of the vital role referees play is overdue
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Peer review investigation warns of growing ‘reviewer fatigue’
Greater recognition of the vital work referees play might help to reverse the trend
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Top researchers opt out of double-blind peer review
Academics from less prestigious universities and Asian countries prefer anonymity, analysis of submissions to Nature journals reveals
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Research
Nanofertilisers have huge potential but studies suffer from severe shortcomings
Nanosize agrochemicals promise to boost crop yields but experiments are often inconsistent and unrealistic, analysis reveals
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Puzzle
On the spot: expert reviewer
Should you review a paper that covers research you also work on?
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Evidence of gender bias found in peer review
Men were more likely to secure health research grants than women in Canadian study
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Blockchain to help scholarly publishing fight fraud
Platform can time-stamp data to authenticate research
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Fake peer review hits RSC journals
Questions over true identity of recommended referees sees inorganic materials papers retracted from PCCP, Chemical Communications and Nanoscale
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New claims that Exxon misled on climate change
Comparison of internal ExxonMobil documents with company’s advertorials finds marked discrepancy on firm’s position on climate
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ChemRxiv preprint server now online
A place for chemists to share early results and data before formal peer review
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Elsevier launches chemistry preprint server
Community-driven network will allow scientists to share ideas and post pre-peer review papers
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Studies flag signs of gender bias in peer review
Women appear to be underrepresented among reviewers and authors
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Monument to ‘anonymous peer reviewer’ unveiled
Sculpture celebrates ‘invisible heroes’ of science
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Chemistry journal introduces ‘intelligent crowd’ peer review
Online platform aims to make peer review faster, unbiased and less of a burden on researchers
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Opinion
What could peer review look like in 2030?
AI, credit for reviewers and more pre-prints: Mark Peplow considers the options
