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FeatureAI tools tackle paper mill fraud overwhelming peer review
th more article submissions and fraudulent activity than ever before, journal peer review processes are creaking under the pressure. Nina Notman discovers how AI and automated tools are taking some of the strain
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NewsRoyal Society releases hundreds of historic peer-review reports to the public
Archive includes Dorothy Hodgkin’s review of an early Crick and Watson paper on the structure of DNA
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CareersWill open science change chemistry?
While more researchers are adopting open access, open data, open peer review and open projects, some significant barriers are hindering progress
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OpinionLetters: July 2024
Readers discuss DDT, reveal new information about Humphry Davy and ponder how to deal with errors
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NewsReview mills identified as a new form of peer-review fraud
Dozens of seemingly templated review reports show evidence of coercive citation
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NewsPublishing ethics committee warns of ‘problematic pollution’ of the scholarly record
Action required to tackle threat posed by paper mills
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OpinionLetters: April 2023
Including an invitation to review articles for the National Research Foundation of Ukraine
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NewsThe promise and pitfalls of generative AI for research
As ChatGPT co-authorship on research paper climbs, there are new concerns about the impact such AI tools could have on science
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OpinionMohammad Seyedsayamdost: ‘I ended up being a lab lifer’
The innovative biochemist on a love of lab work and the importance of saying no
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OpinionDon’t let the burden of proof squeeze the life out of ideas
Extraordinary claims can be extraordinarily stimulating
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NewsResearchers spent an estimated 130 million hours peer-reviewing papers in 2020
Monetary value of refereeing adds up to $1.5 billion in US alone
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OpinionTake nobody’s word for it
Sceptic communities should question their own biases toward peer review
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CareersPeer review requires revisions
Peer review is not perfect, but nor is it fundamentally flawed
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ArticleTrust in peer review
As Peer Review Week 2020 begins, an organiser and contributors to the system share insight on what a healthy scholarly review ecosystem looks like
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NewsScholarly publishers join forces to fast-track Covid-19 studies
Researchers asked to volunteer as ‘rapid reviewers’ for coronavirus manuscripts, and over 1000 have already answered the call
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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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NewsRSC 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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NewsDoes 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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NewsEarly career researchers often receive no credit for ‘ghostwritten’ peer reviews
Half of young scientists have critiqued papers without being named