All Nature Portfolio journals, including Communications Biology, offer a double anonymized peer review option. Authors may choose this option at submission to remain anonymous to referees prior to ...

As AI reshapes the peer review process, top medical journals wrestle with balancing innovation and ethical integrity while redefining standards for the future of scientific publishing. Study: Use of ...

A new expert-informed guide to writing effective peer review responses has just been published in Conservation Physiology, ...

It is perhaps more damaging to science than the flawed peer-review process because it means that the review process can’t meet the gold standard of being double-blind or anonymous to a reviewer. It ...

When Adam Day built a method to compare the language in peer-review reports across scientific journals, he expected to find the occasional lazy reviewer recycling old comments. What he found instead ...

Scientific publishing relies on peer review as the mechanism that maintains trust in what we publish. When we read a journal article, we assume experts have rigorously scrutinized it before ...

A new study revealed divergent policies on artificial intelligence (AI) use in peer review among leading medical journals, with confidentiality concerns driving prohibitions. The rise of artificial ...

Most of the top 100 medical journals provide guidance on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) during the peer review process, with many explicitly prohibiting its use, a study showed. Of the 78 top ...

n = 345 adults seeking web based ADHD assessment (predominantly female; mean age = 35). Sensitivity = 80.6% and Positive Predictive Value = 94.9%. False positive rate = 12% versus 56% for the clinical ...

The latest in a series of high-profile retractions of research papers has people asking: What’s wrong with peer review? Scientific and medical journals use the peer-review process to decide which ...

Peer reviews improve the quality of services that firms and individuals provide by ensuring auditors comply with professional standards when designing systems of quality control and performing their ...

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