Publishing more than they are reviewing? Reject!

It is time to start paying peer reviewers

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Male reviewers more than twice as likely as females to voluntarily identify themselves, and signed reviews substantially less critical of authors, analysis finds

By Paul Basken

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Fake peer review retractions fuel concerns over Chinese practices

Prestigious Sage robotics title pulls papers over concerns its peer review was ‘subverted’ by China-based academics

By Jack Grove

28 September

Peer review is not the best way to promote major breakthroughs

Identifying and seed-funding scientists with ground-breaking ideas is a low-risk, high-reward alternative to traditional grant funding, says Donald Braben

By Donald Braben

19 August

Publishing more than they are reviewing? Reject!

The crisis in peer reviewing can be overcome if journals and universities do more to incentivise it, say Dirk Lindebaum and Peter Jordan

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Publishing more than they are reviewing? Reject!

The crisis in peer reviewing can be overcome if journals and universities do more to incentivise it, say Dirk Lindebaum and Peter Jordan

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Identifying reviewers weakens peer review, study suggests

Fake peer review retractions fuel concerns over Chinese practices

Peer review is not the best way to promote major breakthroughs

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