Peer Review Week 2023 saw a host of activity. View the events below to see what was on offer. Once the Theme is announced for PRW2024, we will start collating events and activities that will be organised by a host of organisations on these pages.
LIVE EVENTS from 2023 – for reference
Code check hackathon – hybrid evenT
Interested in reproducible code and Open Science? A codecheck is a light-touch independent peer review to check that your code and data can generate the computational results in your paper or project. As part of a pilot project between TU Delft and CODECHECK, we are organising a codechecking hackathon on 18th September 2023! During this hackathon, you learn the concept behind codechecking, and practise related skills to check whether available code and data can reproduce the results in a paper, preprint or project.
9AM – 5PM CET, 18 September 2023
Contact: Codecheck & TU Delft Email: s.sharma-10@tudelft.nl
ONLINE EVENTS
Webinar – The FUTURE OF PEER REVIEW
In this webinar, two members of the Proceedings B editorial board (Preprint/Senior Editor Maurine Neiman and Associate Editor Stephanie Meirmans) will be joined by a published author in the journal (Kathleen Grogan) to explore trends in peer review and how they see peer review evolving with time. Together with Andrew Dunn (Senior Publishing Editor for Royal Society Open Science), who will chair the discussion, this webinar will examine issues such as transparency in peer review, the key influences driving change, and how matters such as equity, diversity and inclusivity can be most effectively addressed to ensure a better future for peer review.
3PM – 4PM BST, 25 September 2023
Contact: Royal Society Publishing Email: publishing@royalsociety.org
Code check hackathon – hybrid event
Please see details under Live Events
Webinar – The Great Peer Review Debate: Open, Closed, and Transparent Models
A webinar discussing different peer review models (closed, open, and transparent), including benefits and challenges to each. The panelists will discuss the models used by their publications and the ongoing evolution of peer review models in scholarly publishing.
11AM – 12PM EDT, 28 September 2023
Contact: Council of Science Editors Email: cse@councilscienceeditors.org
Webinar – Best Practices in Peer Review
Are you a researcher interested in performing quality peer review? Is it important for researchers to be recognized for this work? Most researchers want to be part of the solution to the existing problems with academic peer review. Do you? Join us for this free webinar hosted by scientifyRESEARCH for Peer Review Week. Sign up today and don’t miss this chance to learn more about how you can improve the peer review experience.
We have invited two expert guest speakers: Gareth Dyke, PhD from Reviewer Credits; Shivendra Naidoo from ORCID
3PM CEST (GMT+2), 28 September 2023
View the recording
View the slide deck
Contact: scientifyRESEARCH Email: contact@scientifyresearch.org
Webinar – The Future of Peer Review: Diversification and Decentralization?
HighWire’s Best Practices Webinar Series on ‘The Future of Peer Review: Diversification and Decentralization?’ will examine different types of community and third-party peer review services, and examine how community peer review, including pre-submission and post acceptance review, fits into the future of peer review. Panel includes representatives from PREreview, eLife and PubPeer.
10AM, Eastern Time Zone, 28 September 2023
Contact: HighWire Press Email: info@highwirepress.com
Webinar – Training Peer Reviewers as a Form of Engagement: a solution to the peer review crisis?
Peer review is an essential part of scholarly communications but is entirely volunteer driven. Journals are, however, struggling to find motivated peer reviewers or reviewers that can be relied upon to provide a fair and thorough evaluation. Could the offer of reviewer training simultaneously help motivate commitments to review as well as improve quality? This presentation re-evaluates the relationship between journals/funders/societies/publishers and their volunteer reviewer base and suggests offering some form of training program could be a valuable form of engagement.
3PM ET, 27 September 2023
Contact: Canadian Science and Medical Editors Network Email: dianne.dixon@northwestern.edu
Webinar – Launch of the Peer Review Terminology Standard
Peer review is the process of evaluating academic, scientific, or professional work. It is ubiquitously used by academic journals to support research integrity by filtering out invalid or poor-quality articles, as well as to ensure that research outcomes are exposed to relevant audiences through their publication in relevant journals. As such, it is a crucial process in scholarly communication and a pillar of the scientific method.
Over recent decades, a significant number of new peer review models have been introduced (most notably for open review), but they have not been accompanied by the development of a clear and consistent nomenclature, leading to confusion. There is also increased support for more openness and transparency in science and research, including peer review, in order to maintain trust in the scholarly ecosystem.
Against this background, in 2019, STM (the International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers) recognized the need to support the community in ensuring greater transparency and openness in peer review, which is an essential element of open research. This support includes harmonizing and better communicating definitions of discrete elements of these processes so that members of the community—whether they be authors, reviewers, editors, or readers—can quickly and easily recognize how to more productively participate in the creation and qualification of scholarly content. Recently, this Peer Review Terminology has become a formal ANSI/NISO standard. Initially, the taxonomy is designed for peer review of journal articles, but the intention is to expand to other outputs in the future (e.g., books), based on demand.
10AM EDT, 26 September 2023
Contact: STM and NISO Email: joris@stm-assoc.org
Webinar – Effective Peer Review: The Future of Publishing
An interactive webinar on the topic of “Effective Peer Review: The Future of Publishing”.
4:30PM UK, 27 September 2023
Contact: The Journal of the British Blockchain Association
Email: secretary@britishblockchainassociation.org
ISMTE Office Hours session – Peer Review and the Future of Publishing: Strategies for Finding Reviewers
Finding reviewers is often a challenge for editors and editorial offices. In celebration of Peer Review Week 2023, Mia Ricci and Sarah Dedej will lead a conversation on strategies for identifying reviewers and discuss AGU’s initiative to encourage and transparently acknowledge co-reviewers. Attendees can actively participate in the session by sharing their own experiences and/or asking questions.
10AM EST / 3PM BST, 26 September 2023
Contact: International Society for Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE)
Email: meghanmcdevitt@outlook.com
webinar – Launch of the Peer Review Terminology Standard
In recent decades, many new peer review models have emerged — without being accompanied by a clear and consistent nomenclature, leading to confusion. With increasing support for more openness and transparency in science and research, in 2019 STM began developing a harmonized set of peer review definitions defining the various elements of the peer review process to enable a common understanding among authors, reviewers, editors and readers. This workshop will present this Peer Review Terminology, which recently became a formal ANSI/NISO standard.
4PM – 5PM CEST, 26 September 2023
Contact: STM Association Email: angela@stm-assoc.org
Webinar – Breaking the mould: exploring the impact of peer review innovations on the future
Scholarly publishing is entering a new era of radical change. The rise of Open Access (OA), open science, big data, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the landscape like never before. In this unsettling yet transformative time, it is imperative for stakeholders across the scholarly ecosystem to collaborate proactively and ensure that peer review evolves such that it continues to be our most powerful tool for evaluating the rigor, credibility, and interest of scholarly research. Join us as we explore the different trends, learn about the different “futures” that the community envisions, and discuss what is needed to prepare for this future.
EASE has partnered with Editage from Cactus Communication, to bring you this webinar.
Christopher Leonard, Director, Strategy and Innovation, Cactus Communication will host a panel of three speakers:
Sven Fund, Managing Director, Reviewers Credits
Phill Jones, Co-founder, Digital and Technology, MoreBrains Consulting Cooperative
Ksenija Baždarić, Editor-in-Chief European Science Editing
2.00PM – 3.30PM UK, 26 September 2023
Contact: Cactus Communications Email: aditi.agarwal@cactusglobal.com
[webinar on Demand] Mind the content gap: Going digital-first to streamline the journey from journal submission to publication
Today, virtually every scholarly journal team is looking for ways to be more efficient, yet few are taking a truly “digital-first” approach to publishing. Moving to a single-source digital production process and integrating it with peer review and publishing workflows can help journals cut submission formatting steps for authors and editors, prevent proofing errors, and streamline metadata transmission to archives and discovery services—leading to faster, more robust content dissemination and lower costs.
This free ALPSP webinar, sponsored by Scholastica, digs into the benefits of transitioning to digital-first peer review and publishing processes and different possible routes to get started or optimize your current efforts.
The full webinar is now available to watch on demand!
Contact: Scholastica Email: dpadula@scholasticahq.com
PREreview Open Reviewers Community workshop
Peer review, just as any other process, protocol, policy, or structure, is conducted by people and thus is naturally subject to influence by the biases of people. This workshop discusses how bias shows up in peer review and highlights strategies and guidelines on how to reflect on our own biases and provide clear and constructive feedback.
8AM – 10AM UTC, 25 September 2023 and 4PM – 6PM UTC, 25 September 2023
Contact: PREreview Email: vanessa@prereview.org
Webinar – Publishing Genomics Papers of the Future
In this special event, we’ll hear from the Editor in Chief, Professor Hervé Perdry, and Managing Editor of the Human Heredity journal, Dr Anthony Herzig, as they provide live feedback on lightning presentations from members of the Genomics England researcher community and take questions from attendees about publishing and the future of peer review. An exciting opportunity to find out more about getting published, peer review and the future of publishing.
2PM BST, 26 September 2023
Contact: Genomics England and Karger Publishers Email: G.mcnamara@karger.com
2023 PRW China sub-Forum
On the morning of September 28, 2023, the online conference of the International Peer Review Week China Forum, sponsored by China Editology Society of Science Periodicals and the Academic Steering Committee of the International Peer Review Week, and hosted by the International Cooperation and Exchange Working Committee of China Editology Society of Science Periodicals, will be held with the theme of “Peer Review and the future of publishing”. Researchers, STM journal editors, library and information personnel and other relevant peers will participate in the conference online. Peer Review Week (PRW) is an annual global event sponsored and organized by international academic publishers, research institutions, science and technology associations, and researchers to promote the role of peer review in ensuring the quality of academic papers. The event brings together academic publishers, researchers and research organizations to work together to optimize and improve the quality of the peer review process. The 2023 International Peer Review Week will be held globally from 25 to 29 September 2023.
8AM – 12PM (China), 28 September 2023
Contact: China Editology Society of Science Periodicals Email: broren@163.com
Webinar – Peering into Peer Review
This panel-style webinar is designed to familiarize Ph. D. students and postdoctoral fellows with the peer review process and to bring attention to opportunities within ASM for trainees to serve as peer reviewers.
Learning Objectives
– Understand how peer reviewers are chosen by editors
– Write critical, yet constructive and professional reviews
– Respond effectively to peer review comments in revisions
11AM EST, 26 September 2023
Contact: American Society for Microbiology Email: kmulcahy@asmusa.org
Webinar – How-To Peer Review
As part of Peer Review Week 2023, join us for an introduction and how-to session on peer review. Peer review is an essential part of academic writing and publishing. Learn about how to complete a peer review, why peer review is important, and ethical dimensions of peer review. We’ll run through some examples of providing peer review, with lots of time for any questions.
In this session, we’ll cover:
– Overview of Peer Review
– How-to Peer Review
– Bias and Power in Peer Review
– Finding Opportunities to Peer Review
This is an introductory session and geared towards graduate students and those new to academia, but all are welcome to join.
12PM – 1PM CST, 26 September 2023
Contact: Justin Fuhr Email: justin.fuhr@umanitoba.ca
Online Live Discussion with Panelists – Peer Review to PR: How peer review supports sound science reporting
This ‘in-conversation’ style event will discuss the process of peer review (both open and closed) and how this helps provide the best science, both for further research and for the public understanding of science and science communication. The discussion will draw on the panels’ own experience of being peer reviewed and having their research reported in the media, as well as peer reviewing themselves. From the other side, science journalists will share their experience of working with researchers, pre-prints and peer reviewed papers, and how this relates to the public understanding of science.
5PM BST, 20 September 2023
Contact: F1000 and Taylor & Francis Email: f1000corporatecommunications@f1000.com
webinar – Feminist Futures of Peer Review
Peer review and evaluation are at the heart of academia but so often the racially gendered labor of this work is ignored, denied, or compounded.
It’s also no secret that the standard peer review process is in deep crisis as the COVID-19 pandemic and onslaught of professional and personal demands have dramatically reduced the number of peer reviewers available while click-based publishing models have incentivized more and more output with fewer and fewer resources.
Intersectional feminism has long provided alternative models and futures for peer review though, including approaching review as collective support, making visible the racially gendered labor of reviewing, and using review to signal-boost and deeply engage with the work of marginalized scholars.
Join Ideas on Fire for a panel discussion with 4 interdisciplinary feminist scholars about how they are navigating peer review in our contemporary moment and collectively building intersectional feminist futures to support engaged research and critical thinking.
1PM -2PM EST, 25 September 2023
Contact: Ideas on Fire Email: cathy@ideasonfire.net
AATS Journals Webinar: Tips and recommendations for Statistical Review
This AATS Journals webinar will feature several statistical editors discussing statistical reviews (primarily for medical journals) and highlighting specific analyses authors/reviewers should be familiar with. Audience members are encouraged to ask questions for a live Q&A session at the end of the hour.
7PM ET, 27 September 2023
Contact: AATS Journals/Amy Swartz Email: aswartz@aats.org
online panel discussion – Peer Review in an Era of Open Science: a transdisciplinary debate
The event seeks to foster a transdisciplinary conversation about the roles, frameworks, and objectives of peer review, with a specific emphasis on digital advancements and the complexities posed by open science. This discussion will involve a panel of experts spanning various fields, including philosophy, medicine, mathematics, sociology, who have conducted extensive research on peer review and/or the challenges associated with open science. These experts also bring practical experience as editors and/or founders of scientific journals, giving them direct insights into the management issues involved. How can we harmonize the transparency demands of open science with the fairness standards ensured by confidential assessment? Is there potential for a unified model for peer review management, or should we maintain diversity and uphold disciplinary traditions? Can we envision alternative methods for assessing knowledge? Will peer review and scientific journals, as we currently know them, endure over the next two decades?
2PM CET, 27 September 2023
Contact: University of Milan Email: paola.galimberti@unimi.it
Webinar – Fostering trust through transparent peer review
Please join us for a webinar presentation that will discuss:
– What can we learn about fake peer review by looking at retractions for that and related reasons?
– How will the wider adoption of open peer review support research integrity?
– Why and how has the Royal Society of Chemistry implemented transparent peer review as part of its commitment to open science?
– How will Clarivate continue to develop products, including the Transparent Peer Review service on ScholarOne™ and the Web of Science™, to support the shift to open peer review?
9AM – 10AM EDT, 26 September 2023
Contact: Clarivate, Lynette Bohn, Demand Marketing Manager Email: Lynette.Bohn@Clarivate.com
Webinar – Adapting to AI in Peer Review and the Publishing Process
Join Sonja Krane, Sr Assoc Publisher, ACS Publications, and Osvaldo Oliviera, Executive Editor, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces for an interview and audience Q&A session on AI and the impact to the peer review and publishing processes and systems. Attend and be part of the conversation as we enable a deeper understanding of AI while addressing critical issues to ensure its responsible and effective implementation in the scientific community.
2PM – 3PM EST, 27 September 2023
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Contact: ACS Publications Email: s_martin@acs.org
Invite Only Panel Discussion – Peer Review and The Future of Publishing: Trends and Predictions by Industry Experts
This year, ACSE has extended invitations to esteemed industry experts to convene and collectively explore the central theme of Peer Review Week.
Interested candidates may contact us at acse@theacse.com to join this panel discussion.
3PM Dubai time, 24 September 2023
Contact: Asian Council of Science Editors (ACSE) Email: acse@theacse.com
Engaging with Open Science 2023: OPEN PEER REVIEW
IntechOpen is organising the third session of ‘Engaging with Open Science 2023’ webinar series, focusing on Open Peer Review, coinciding with Peer Review Week on September 26th at 2 pm UK time/3 pm CET/9 am ET. Speakers, Adrian Stanley and Alessio Bolognesi, experts in open peer review, will discuss challenges and innovations around peer review models. Chaired by Dr. Sarah Greaves, this webinar is ideal for researchers, peer reviewers, and editors interested in peer review advancements.
2PM UK, 26 September 2023
Contact: IntechOpen Email: martina.u@intechopen.com
webinar – Co-review: supporting equal recognition
With the implementation of co-reviewing functionality across all IOP Publishing’s owned journals, researchers can now receive recognition for their peer review work. Join us for a live webinar to discover how co-review can support senior and early career researchers. Talks will provide insight into the initiative and an opportunity to hear from a PhD student who has experienced the co-reviewing process.
12:30PM BST, 27 September 2023
Contact: IOP Publishing Email: peerreview@ioppublishing.org
Online, live panel discussion – Editorial Board Members Tackle Peer Review & The Future of Publishing
Have you ever struggled to address the variety of feedback between the same cohort of peer reviewers? Are you curious to know how peer review might change with the rise of preprints? In honor of Peer Review Week 2023, join Lane Library in attending our panel session with editorial board members from a variety of Biomedical Journals to discuss peer review and the future of publishing, and address community-generated questions.
12PM – 1PM PDT, 29 September 2023
Contact: Lane Medical Library Email: sam.wilairat@stanford.edu
Webinar – Redefining Peer Review: Prophy’s AI-Powered Approach
As a part of the Peer Review Week 2023 Prophy presents a webinar delineating the pivotal role of AI in reshaping the scientific publishing landscape. Set aside time to learn from industry mavericks and thought leaders who are steering the revolution in peer review processes.
4PM CET, 27 September 2023
Contact: Tetiana Honcharenko Email: Cbdo@prophy.science
webinar – Future of Peer Review in Research Publishing: Navigating possibilities and challenges
As the scientific community continues to evolve, so does the way we evaluate and disseminate knowledge. Dive into the heart of peer review’s present and future dynamics alongside leading experts at the forefront of academia, publishing, and technology. In this interactive session, the panelists will explore the sustainability of the current peer review models, challenges faced, and the transformative impact of AI integration in a rapidly evolving research landscape. Join this free webinar, ask probing questions, engage with our panelists, and together, let’s shape a future of efficient, equitable, and high-quality research dissemination!
7:30AM – 9:00AM ET, 27 September 2023
Contact: Enago Email: academy@enago.com
AUPresses Hangout: The Future of Peer Reviewers
As university presses simultaneously seek to diversify, balance, and create more inclusive reviewer pools and to acquire more trade projects and/or non-traditional genres of scholarship, the profile of an “expert” shifts as does the role an acquisitions editor might play in the peer review process. In this webinar, we will explore the future of peer reviewers: who we ask, or might ask, to do peer review and how we do so.
12PM EDT, 27 September 2023
Contact: Association of University Presses Acquisitions Editorial Committee
Email: awindhorn@aupresses.org
Public Zoom discussion – Lunch & Learn: Let’s Talk Peer Review
Join us on Thursday, September 28, at 12 p.m. EST for a special conversation with editors from Patient Safety and author/peer reviewer Zane Wolf, PhD, RN, professor of Nursing Programs and dean emerita at the School of Nursing and Health Sciences, La Salle University. How does peer review work, and why is it so vital to scientific publishing?
How do editors use peer reviews, and how should authors respond to them? Bring your questions (and your lunch!) to learn more, including how you can become a peer reviewer for academic journals.
12PM EST, 28 September 2023
Contact: Patient Safety Authority Email: eugemyers@pa.gov
Webinar – Generative AI in research evaluation
Generative AI tools like ChatGPT can create anything from poems to Python code. Researchers are increasingly using AI both as part of their research and to communicate and publish their work. These tools are powerful, but there are concerns with confidentiality and ethics, their output is not always accurate, and their operation can be difficult to understand. Join panelists Giovanni Cacciamani (University of Southern California), Andrew Hufton (Cell Press), Bahar Mehmani (Elsevier), and Lisa Rasmussen (University of North Carolina, Charlotte) as we discuss what actually happens when a researcher uploads content to ChatGPT, how to peer review research that incorporates generative AI in its methods, and whether there are any appropriate applications of AI in the peer review process.
10AM EST, 27 September 2023
Contact: Cell Press and Elsevier Email: jcaputo@cell.com
webinar – Giving CRediT Where it’s Due: What journals need to know about the Contributor Roles Taxonomy
Want to learn more about how scholarly journals can implement CRediT (The Contributor Roles Taxonomy) to increase recognition of and transparency around the various possible forms of research contribution beyond writing and editing?
This free webinar hosted by Scholastica will dive into what you need to know about the emerging ANSI/NISO standard, including how CRediT simplifies verifying types/levels of research contribution, the roles of editors and scholars in implementing CRediT, and answers to FAQs with examples from CRediT adopters at the American Chemical Society and AACR. We’ll also zoom out to discuss the benefits of the Taxonomy for the broader research community and new and emerging use cases for CRediT metadata. All registrants get a link to the recording!
11AM EDT, 10 October 2023
Contact: Scholastica Email: dpadula@scholasticahq.com
Understanding Peer Review and How it Works 同行评审全过程解读 (Mandarin Speaking Session）
In this webinar, we will will walk you through each step of the peer review process, shedding light on its significance, challenges, and best practices, offering valuable guidance to researchers at all stages of their careers. Whether you are a seasoned researcher or just starting out, this event aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the peer review process and equip you with practical strategies to navigate it successfully.
Who will attend? Early-career researchers: Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and researchers who are new to the peer review process and seeking guidance on navigating it effectively.
Anyone interested in scholarly publishing: Individuals interested in the academic publishing world, including librarians, students, and individuals from related industries.
3PM (GMT+8), 28 September 2023
Contact: Every Author Pub Hong Kong Email: claire.hao@everyauthorpub.com
Future of Peer Review and Transdisciplinary Conversations in the Global South
As part of Peer Review Week 2023, on its theme of ‘Peer Review and The Future of Publishing’, this panel discussion organised by Urbanisation journal brings together experts working in editorial roles in journals from the humanities, sciences, and social sciences to discuss changes in peer review and its future pathways.
Peer review has undergone a sea change, from impacts on selection of peer reviewers, to the move towards open peer review models, and the increasing and varied adoption of AI in scholarship. The panel will discuss these aspects of peer review in the context of transdisciplinary conversations and scholarship from the global South.
2PM IST, 29 September 2023
Contact: Urbanisation Email: editor@urbanisationjournal.com
BLOGS
Scientific peer review done right
A small daily blog post, highlighting the key areas to focus on when peer reviewing scientific publications: introduction, methodology (with reference to PRO-Map), results, discussion (main contributions and limitations), and a final post on how to address issues in scope, impact, integrity, and clarity.
Contact: Maria Machado Email: machado.mjc@gmail.com
Generative AI: Key leverage issues for peer review
This is a blog that raises the key leverage issues of generative Artificial Intelligence for peer review : How would be the future of publishing if peer review would be made using AI text generation models (such as ChatGPT) ? AI based review assistant tools, such as Raxter.io, are rapidly evolving to support reviewers in furnishing feedback to authors and offering recommendations on enhancing the manuscript. It is perfect as long as these tools are used in tandem with reviewers expertise to assist them in their hard and time-consuming task. In contrast, it would be problematic if reviewers only rely on these tools to provide their feedback and notifications ….
Contact: Dorsaf Sebai Email: sebaidorsaf@gmail.com
Peer Review and the Future of Publishing
Unveiling the Dynamic Realm of Peer Review and the Future of Publishing: Peer Review process secures the precision, coherence, and ground-breaking nature of the findings—upholding the credibility and quality of academic achievements. The future of publishing beacons us forward with limitless possibilities, as groundbreaking innovations like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) reshape the very landscape. Let’s nurture an open-minded and supportive disposition toward these transformative changes.
Contact: Nova Techset Limited Email: kkamboj@novatechset.com
AI and Peer review: Collaborative intelligence and human expertise
The theme for Peer Review Week 2023 is “Peer review and the future of publishing.” The sudden acceleration of advances in AI in recent months means that this will be a very important topic on everyone’s minds as we think about the future of peer review. This article discusses the potential applications of AI in the peer review process, the guidelines that have been issued so far, and some important considerations that will determine whether and how AI can support peer review.
Sign up for Cactus PRW week events
Contact: Cactus Communications Email: malvika.gaur@cactusglobal.com
The Role of Peer Review in Protecting and Promoting Diversity in Scholarly Publishing
This blogpost explores the role played by peer review and peer reviewers in protecting and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in scholarly publishing. It outlines actionable strategies that journals and publishers can employ to ensure that the peer review process is fair, especially to authors from underserved or minority communities.
Sign up for Cactus PRW week events
Contact: Cactus Communications Email: malvika.gaur@cactusglobal.com
ACS Axial Blog Series
Follow the ACS Axial blog during Peer Review Week for a thoughtfully selected series of articles from ACS Publications. Explore the current issues and exciting prospects that are shaping and changing the future of peer review and publishing and how these changes may affect the processes, methods, and people involved.
This blog will be available from 25 September 2023
Contact: ACS Publications Email: s_martin@acs.org
The Role of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Peer Review
This year, as the research community’s trust in the peer review system’s efficacy and efficiency has wavered, we’ve seen a sharp rise in the proposal and implementation of alterations to the standard peer review process. As such, it’s not surprising that the community-selected theme for the 2023 Peer Review Week is “Peer Review and The Future of Publishing.” When taken in context with the runner-up topics— “Peer Review and Technology” and “Ethical Issues in Peer Review”—it’s clear that the medical community is uncertain about many of these changes, especially changes that involve new and unproven technology. In this article, we’ll narrow our focus to a specific topic that embodies much of the potential (both positive and negative) of these changes: the role of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in peer review.
Contact: Cabells Email: clarice.martel@cabells.com
Will ChatGPT Disrupt Peer Review? Impact of AI on the Hallmark of Science Vigilance
The debate over whether generative AI can challenge the peer review system is ongoing. While AI aids aspects like plagiarism detection and basic grammar checks, it cannot replace human expertise. Concerns include the potential for deception, bias, and misinformation in AI-generated text, especially when peer reviewing original research. Read this article to predict the impact of AI on scientific vigilance with its integration in the peer review week system.
Contact: Enago Email: academy@enago.com
It’s a blog: DISCOVERING THE TOP 5 PEER REVIEW TRENDS AND FUTURE INNOVATIONS
It’s a blog on the top trends in peer review. We’d like to share it on this page.
Contact: Lumina Datamatics Email: jamie.israel@luminad.com
Revisión por pares y nuevos productos informativos
Es un post con revisión literaria sobre la Revisión por pares. Artículos publicados en las bases de datos SciELo, DOAJ y Latindex
9AM GTM, 26 September 2023
Contact: MSc. Norbisley Fernánndez Email: norbisleyfernandez@gmail.com
5 Ways academic journals can bridge gaps between peer review and publishing
Mind the gap — you’ve likely heard this familiar phrase issued at train stations, but have you considered how it applies to academic journal publishing? In this blog post, we’re rounding up five of the most common gaps between peer review and publishing processes and ways to address them.
Contact: Scholastica Email: dpadula@scholasticahq.com
A PID’s Life: What journals and scholars need to know
Once Persistent Identifiers (a.k.a. PIDs) are born, they take on a whole new, and still somewhat secret, life of their own. This blog post covers the what, why, and how of PIDs and key ways journals and scholars can implement them to foster uptake across the research ecosystem and further their publishing goals, starting with peer review.
Contact: Scholastica Email: dpadula@scholasticahq.com
5 tips to make your journal’s author guidelines easier to follow (and shorter!)
Researchers are busier than ever today, so it’s vital for journals to make their submission processes as frictionless as possible. This blog post offers five tips to help simplify and streamline your author guidelines, featuring emerging submission formatting automation opportunities.
Contact: Scholastica Email: dpadula@scholasticahq.com
Ready to ROR? Use cases for scholarly publishing stakeholders: Interview with Amanda French
Technical Community Manager for the Research Organization Registry, a.k.a. ROR, Amanda French, discusses how all scholarly communication stakeholders can best adopt and support ROR IDs from the point of manuscript submission and examples of current use cases in this interview.
Contact: Scholastica Email: dpadula@scholasticahq.com
Innovations in Peer Review: Increasing Capacity While Improving Quality
Peer review is a critical aspect of modern academic research, but it’s no secret that journals are struggling to provide high-quality and timely peer review for submitted manuscripts. It’s clear that changes are needed to increase the capacity and efficiency of peer review without reducing the quality of the review. However, several alternative peer review models are up to the challenge. We’ll discuss the most well-established alternative peer review strategies, identify some commonalities between models, and provide key takeaways for everyone in academia.
Contact: Cabells Email: clarice.martel@cabells.com
Through the Editor’s Lens: A Blog Mini-Series on the Future of Publishing
In this 4-part mini-series on our blog De Gruyter Conversations, we share insightful statements from our book and journal editors on four different topics related to this year’s theme of Peer Review Week, The Future of Publishing:
1.) Peer Review in a Changing World
2.) Artificial Intelligence and Peer Review
3.) Alternative Peer Review Models
4.) The Ideal Future of Peer Review
Make sure to check it out!
Will go online as of Monday morning (25 Sept., 9 AM CEST)
Contact: De Gruyter (academic publisher) Email: alexandra.hinz@degruyter.com
Celebrating Peer Review Week with Prophy Insights!
As we dive into #PeerReviewWeek, we wanted to shed light on the evolving landscape of academic publishing. Our latest infographic, derived from extensive Prophy data, offers an intriguing snapshot
Contact: Tetiana Honcharenko Email: cbdo@prophy.science
PRW 2023: “Peer Review and The Future of Publishing”
The importance of peer review to the quality and overall success of a journal can’t be overstated. For a journal to be recognized in the academic or medical community as legitimate, a robust peer review system must be in place. In recent years, the scholarly community has been shown time and again the results of substandard (or nonexistent) peer review. It has also become clear that identifying an effective and efficient model of peer review has proven to be a challenge for publishers.
Contact: Cabells Email: clarice.martel@cabells.com
Peer Review and the Future of Publishing: Insights from Scholarly Journal Editors
KGL Editorial recently interviewed five scholarly journal editors and publishing experts on the unique aspects they consider in their peer review process. These publishing professionals generously shared their experiences in the spirit of Peer Review Week, which both inspires innovation and new initiatives and evokes camaraderie in their common challenges. All five individuals shared at least one unique aspect of their peer review model with us.
Contact: KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. Email: mike.groth@kwglobal.com
Celebrating Peer Review Week
This is a special series of articles in celebration of Peer Review Week. Throughout this week, we’ll explore various aspects of the peer review process, from its fundamentals to emerging trends.
Contact: Murugaraj Shanmugam Email: murugaraj@tholga.com
PRISM & Peer Review Week: building trust in OA books through transparency of peer review procedures
DOAB has a Peer Review Information Service for Monographs (PRISM) and in this blog post we explain to publishers (and the public) how it works and how they can participate in the service.
Contact: Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) Email: s.davison@oapen.org
How does mandated code-sharing change peer review? An interview with Feilim Mac Gabhann, Jason Papin, and Virginia Pitzer
On March 31 2021, PLOS Computational Biology introduced a new journal requirement: mandated code sharing. If the research process included the creation of custom code, the authors were required to make it available during the peer review assessment, and to make it public upon the publication of their research article—similar to the longstanding data sharing requirement for all PLOS journals. The aim, of course, is to improve reproducibility and increase understanding of research.
Contact: PLOS Computational Biology Email: lmorton@plos.org
The Next Iteration of Peer Review: Key developments you need to know
What will the next iteration of scholarly journal peer review look like? That’s the question team Scholastica is pondering this Peer Review Week. Here are the primary issues and innovation areas we’re tracking with high-level breakdowns of the latest updates.
Contact: Scholastica Email: dpadula@scholasticahq.com
Co-Founder Perspectives: Future-proofing peer review systems
This year’s Peer Review Week theme got Scholastica’s co-founders thinking about how we’re working to future-proof our peer review software and support efforts to future-proof the complex and growing ecosystem of scholarly communication tools and technologies more broadly. Here’s what they had to say.
Contact: Scholastica Email: dpadula@scholasticahq.com
What Do Non-Scientists Need to Understand about Peer Review?
Understanding the role of peer review in science is vital not only for scientists themselves, but also for all of us who live in a society that relies on scientific research. In this Peer Review Week post, AMS Editor’s Award winners discuss what non-researchers need to understand about peer review.
Contact: American Meteorological Society (Gwendolyn Whittaker, Katie Pflaumer)
Email: kpflaumer@ametsoc.org
evolution in Peer review: exploring alternative models for enhanced academic publishing
The alternative peer review models deviate from the traditional peer review process, focusing on a broader range of perspectives, improving transparency, and adapting to the changing landscape of academic publishing. Meandering its way through the challenges, it ensures a more comprehensive and accurate evaluation of scholarly research. Ultimately, the overarching goal should be a collaborative effort to elevate the quality and impact of academic publications, recognizing that both traditional and alternative peer review approaches have their merits and areas for improvement.
Contact: Sage Email: sean.scarisbrick@sagepub.com
PLOS looks ahead to a future of cooperation and collaboration at all levels of scholarship and scholarly communications
Peer Review Week 2023 will focus on Peer Review and the Future of Publishing. At PLOS, we envision a future in which researchers, institutions, and organizations collaborate fluidly across disciplines and distances. A future of team science, collaborative peer review, multidisciplinary research, and collaboration between researchers in different regions, institutions, and even with the public.
Contact: PLOS Email: lmorton@plos.org
Looking beyond publications for sharing and assessing research
For peer review week 2023, MRC looks beyond publications to shine a spotlight on alternative ways to share and review research outputs.
Contact: Medical Research Council (MRC) Email: Amy.Waite@mrc.ukri.org
Selecting the Right Reviewers for Your Peer Review: The Significance and the Challenge
Peer review lies at the core of the scholarly publishing process, but how much do we really know about the process, it’s significance and the various challenges that researchers face in peer review? Are there efficient solutions to these challenges? Is technology going to help simplify peer review in the future of publishing? This blog delves into the peer review selection scenario as it stands today and reveals how technology can bring peer review into the future of publishing.
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How do AI tools and Large Language models fit into the future of Peer Review?
Reviewers, editors, and publishers have rightly been concerned about the potential misuse of technology to generate unreliable content in the literature that may pass filters of peer review. As we learn more about these technologies, how they change researcher behaviour, and how they affect publishing, we will continue to adapt our guidance and policies in this area to ensure we are meeting the needs of our communities.
Contact: Sage Email: sean.scarisbrick@sagepub.com
7 Top Tips to Ensure your Submission Makes it to Peer Review
Sage’s ever-evolving peer review processes are adapted to be robust and reflect the latest industry standards. We are committed to ensuring that authors feel confident and well-informed when submitting their manuscripts to our journals. We’ve therefore highlighted 7 helpful tips authors should keep in mind when submitting their manuscripts.
Contact: Sage Email: sean.scarisbrick@sagepub.com
Reimagining the future of peer review beyond operations
Beyond the doom and gloom of AI taking over peer review and the excitement of how this technology could transform scholarly publishing, this peer review week I take stock of how peer review could work in future, focusing on the smaller ripples in the industry that could (and perhaps should) become more commonplace and in future, the gold standard. While also considering the improvements we could make to how we do peer review and indeed, why we do it. The focus of this article is not to discuss the merits and demerits of each mode of peer review but to instead look beyond the operational possibilities of peer review and how these changes can benefit research communities.
Contact: Sage Email: sean.scarisbrick@sagepub.com
VIDEOS
How Journals and Publishers Can Use AI in Peer Review: What Works and What Doesn’t?
In this engaging video, Dr Marie Soulière explores how AI-based solutions can prevent or overcome some of the traditional challenges in peer review for journals and publishers, without compromising on accuracy and integrity. Drawing on her experience in developing an AI-powered peer review assistant for Frontiers, she provides real-life examples of how such tools can boost efficiency and productivity among journal staff, enabling them to focus on high-value, high-impact tasks.
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Referee Finder: The Ultimate Guide
We’ve meticulously crafted Prophy to cater to the needs of professionals in the scientific community. Whether you’re a publisher, researcher, or academic institution, our platform is engineered to streamline the manuscript evaluation process.
Contact: Tetiana Honcharenko Email: Cbdo@prophy.science
Peer Review Week 2023: Unique Aspects of Peer Review Models
For Peer Review Week, KGL interviewed journal editors and publishing experts on the state of peer review in 2023. In this first of four videos, you will hear from Tim Beardsley, Executive Editor, Endocrine Society; Jeremy Chapman, Editor in Chief, Transplantation and Transplantation Direct; Dr. Leonard Jack, Jr., Editor in Chief, Preventing Chronic Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Zara Manwaring, Managing Editor, Portland Press; and Sarah McCormack, Director of Scholarly Publications, American Society for Nutrition on unique aspects they consider in their peer review process.
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Peer Review Week 2023: Importance of a Diverse Editorial Board and Reviewer Pool
For Peer Review Week, KGL interviewed journal editors and publishing experts on the state of peer review in 2023. In this second of four videos, you will hear from Tim Beardsley, Executive Editor, Endocrine Society; Jeremy Chapman, Editor in Chief, Transplantation and Transplantation Direct; Dr. Leonard Jack, Jr., Editor in Chief, Preventing Chronic Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Zara Manwaring, Managing Editor, Portland Press; and Sarah McCormack, Director of Scholarly Publications, American Society for Nutrition on innovations they have put in place to diversify editorial boards and reviewer pools.
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Peer Review Week 2023: The Reviewers’ Experience
For Peer Review Week, KGL interviewed journal editors and publishing experts on the state of peer review in 2023. In this third of four videos, you will hear from Tim Beardsley, Executive Editor, Endocrine Society; Jeremy Chapman, Editor in Chief, Transplantation and Transplantation Direct; Dr. Leonard Jack, Jr., Editor in Chief, Preventing Chronic Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Zara Manwaring, Managing Editor, Portland Press; and Sarah McCormack, Director of Scholarly Publications, American Society for Nutrition on their experiences incentivizing, training, and mentoring reviewers.
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Peer Review Week 2023: The Future of Peer Review
For Peer Review Week, KGL interviewed journal editors and publishing experts on the state of peer review in 2023. In this final of four videos, you will hear from Tim Beardsley, Executive Editor, Endocrine Society; Jeremy Chapman, Editor in Chief, Transplantation and Transplantation Direct; Dr. Leonard Jack, Jr., Editor in Chief, Preventing Chronic Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Zara Manwaring, Managing Editor, Portland Press; and Sarah McCormack, Director of Scholarly Publications, American Society for Nutrition on their hopes and ambitions for the future of peer review.
Contact: KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. Email: mike.groth@kwglobal.com
Recorded webinar – Addressing Reviewer Bugbears with Innovations in Peer Review
Leading up to Peer Review Week (September 25-29), Tim Gillett, Research Information’s consultant editor, hosted a webinar on behalf of IOP Publishing and Morressier.
The webinar, titled ‘Addressing Reviewer Bugbears with Innovations in Peer Review,’ delved into the evolving landscape of peer review. The webinar centered around innovations in peer review, reviewer and publisher concerns, the potential impact of artificial intelligence on safeguarding the scholarly record, and more.
The event featured three speakers: Michelle North, a researcher and reviewer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Kim Eggleton, the head of peer review and research integrity at IOP Publishing. Barry Prendergast, the design operations manager at the technology company Morressier.
Contact: Research Information on behalf of IOP Publishing and Morressier
Email: samantha.green@morressier.com
PODCASTS
The Oxford Comment episode on the Future of Peer Review
Every year, Peer Review Week honors the contributions of scientists, academics, and researchers in all fields for the hours of work they put into peer reviewing manuscripts to ensure quality work is published. This year, the theme of Peer Review Week is “The Future of Peer Review.”
On this episode of The Oxford Comment, we are excited to welcome three of our colleagues at Oxford University Press to discuss with us current changes they see in the field, and what they will mean for the future of publishing.
25 September 2023
Contact: Oxford University Press Email: jenn.saboe@oup.com
APS Publications Podcast: Peer Review and the future of APS Publications
The American Physiological Society celebrates and discusses the theme of Peer Review Week 2023, which is Peer Review and the Future of Publishing. Peer Review Week is an annual global event which shines a spotlight on the role of peer review in scholarly publishing, and brings together individuals, institutions and organizations committed to sharing the central message that good peer review is critical to scholarly communication.
22 September 2023
Contact: APS Podcast Email: dking-mcgavin@physiology.org
Peer Review and the Future of APS Publications
The American Physiological Society celebrates and discusses the theme of Peer Review Week 2023, which is Peer Review and the Future of Publishing. Peer Review Week is an annual global event which shines a spotlight on the role of peer review in scholarly publishing, and brings together individuals, institutions and organizations committed to sharing the central message that good peer review is critical to scholarly communication.
22 September 2023
Contact: American Physiological Society Publications Email: dking-mcgavin@physiology.org
Peer Review and the Future of Publishing
In this video podcast from Nvcleus, by Amnet, we have two experts from the publishing ecosystem – Sven Fund and Martin Delahunty exploring the theme, ‘Peer Review and the Future of Publishing.’
Sven Fund is an industry expert in publishing who discusses the critical role of peer review and why it often remains invisible in a world driven by researcher KPIs.
During the conversation, we’ll also dive into the world of AI-powered tools like ChatGPT and how they’re changing the future of publishing and peer review.
Join us as we gain fresh insights, explore challenges, and discover the exciting possibilities that lie ahead in academic publishing.
Contact: Nvcleus, Powered by Amnet Email: hello@Nvcleus.com; hello@amnet-systems.com
OTHER ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
Write up in the Electrochemical interface magazine
The Electrochemical Society will celebrate Peer Review Week 2023 by celebrating the amazing contributions of its 2022-2023 Peer Reviewers and thanking them for another year of their time, efforts, and commitment to the scholarly publishing community
Contact: The Electrochemical Society Email: adrian.plummer@electrochem.org
Social Media Post on the Topic, ‘Peer Review & its Significance’
Peer review refers to the evaluation of scholarly work by experts in the same field. It is a rigorous process where these experts examine research papers, manuscripts, or conference papers for accuracy, originality, and validity. By doing so, they help improve the overall quality and reliability of scientific findings.
11AM IST, 26 September 2023
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Contact: Nova Techset Limited Email: kkamboj@novatechset.com
Social media post on the topic, ‘Peer Review steers our academic community towards excellence’
Participate in peer review or contribute your expertise to the scholarly community! Joining Editorial Boards: Many journals and conferences welcome experts to be part of their editorial boards. Collaborate in Conferences: Attend academic conferences to exchange ideas and offer feedback to fellow researchers. Peer Review Platforms: Consider signing up on platforms like Publons, where you can review articles and showcase your reviewing contributions.
11AM IST, 27 September 2023
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Contact: Nova Techset Limited Email: kkamboj@novatechset.com
Infographic – The evolution of peer review
This infographic highlights the journey of the peer review process from traditional models to open and collaborative approaches.
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infographic – How Journals and Publishers Can Enhance Transparency in Peer Review
This handy infographic presents a concise guide to different ways in which journals and publishers can promote transparency in the peer review process, thereby generating trust among authors as well as increasing public trust in science.
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Published systematic review
I have recently published a systematic review that collates available evidence pertaining to proposals/grants peer review blinding models in biomedical sciences.
Contact: First Author Email: Qussini_seba@alumni.harvard.edu
Infographic – Revolutionizing the Peer Review Process– Demystifying the AI power
In the ever-evolving landscape of academic research, the revolution of the peer review process is through demystification of AI power. Human-AI hybrid peer-review can streamline the traditionally arduous and time-consuming peer review process. Semi-automation of manuscript evaluation can result in an improvised assessment of scholarly work.
Contact: Enago Email: academy@enago.com
checklist – Empowering Peer Reviewers: A roadmap for effective manuscript evaluation
We all know that peer review is an essential process in academic and scientific publishing. As peer reviewers, our responsibility is not just to identify flaws but also to recognize and encourage the strengths and contributions of the authors. Whether you are a seasoned expert or new to the role of a peer reviewer, this checklist serves as a structured tool to assess manuscripts across various disciplines and article types. By following this checklist and conducting a thorough peer review, you contribute to the advancement of knowledge, the refinement of research, and the maintenance of scholarly rigor.
Contact: Enago Email: academy@enago.com
OTHER ACTIVITIES
text interview – Re-imagining peer review: Interview with Helen Buckley Woods
In this interview with Helen Buckley Woods, we explore the innovations in peer review that have occurred in the recent past and the different schools of thought that are advancing the work on improving the peer review process.
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Text Interview – Re-imagining peer review: Interview with Lilia Mantai
Peer review needs to be better recognized as a scholarly contribution. In this interview, we ask Lilia Mantai what role peer review plays in a researcher’s career progression, the ways in which researchers can better showcase their peer review work, and how recognition of peer review effort can be improved in the future.
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text interview – The Exciting Role of AI in Peer Review
This in-depth interview explores the intersection of AI and manuscript evaluation, including how AI can complement human expertise. Nishchay also offers practical solutions to the typical challenges that a journal or publisher may encounter while integrating AI into the manuscript evaluation system.
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Join ACS Publications for Peer Review Week 2023!
Discover the different ways you can participate in Peer Review Week 2023 with ACS Publications.
Contact: ACS Publications
Email: s_martin@acs.org
ScienceOpen’s Open Peer Review Competition
To mark Peer Review Week coming up at the end of September, we invite scholars to a month-long celebration of open peer review and to begin exploring preprints on ScienceOpen, submit a substantial review, and compete for one of three prizes in our open peer review competition. To take part in this competition, you need to:
– Register for a free profile on ScienceOpen and connect your ORCID account.
– Learn more about open peer review by checking out all the resources of ASAPbio
– Submit your open peer review by September 29th
– Get a chance to win a year’s subscription to scite.ai. We will hold a drawing at the end to select the three lucky winners from the authors of the reviews we receive. Once their reviews are published, all reviewers will be able to benefit from our context of over 88 million publications and continue the conversation in our network.
Contact: ScienceOpen Email: kevin.jasini@scienceopen.com
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