Breaking barriers: challenging English-language dominance in scientific publishing
Read about changes that journals can make to remove barriers for non-native English speakers, including being open to new technologies such as AI.
A new proposal from cOAlition S places researchers in control of academic publishing
Find out more about plans to implement a scholar-led approach to open, rapid research dissemination.
Double blinding in peer review: does author anonymity have benefits?
Find out how anonymising author identity can make peer review more equitable.
AI in publishing: an underutilised tool?
Find out how AI can be used to increase efficiency and predict ‘successful’ papers in medical publishing.
Is it time to redesign peer review?
Read about proposed strategies to make peer review less burdensome and improve the quality of published research.
Finding the way forward for peer review
Read about ways in which peer review could develop and diversify to keep up with modern research demands.
eLife shifts to publishing ‘reviewed preprints’, ending accept/reject decisions
eLife hopes inclusion of open peer review reports and standardised assessments will help improve transparency and accessibility of research.
International Women’s Day 2023: can medical publishing do more to #EmbraceEquity?
Women remain underrepresented in medical publishing; we reflect on recent posts from The Publication Plan looking at contributory factors and steps to equity.
The reasons why publishing has become faster
Read about the main drivers of increased journal turnaround time over the last decade.
Does journal impact factor affect the quality of peer review?
Read about the results from an artificial intelligence analysis of over 10,000 peer review reports.
Transparent peer review: are authors willing to publish referee reports?
Read about the results of Nature’s transparent peer review pilot and how it could benefit the research community.
Exposing the gender gap in peer reviewing
An analysis of 47 BMJ journals found that under one-third of peer reviewers were women.
How to encourage constructive public feedback on preprints?
ASAPbio summarise the newly developed FAST principles, a set of best practices to foster engagement in public preprint review.
Considering sex and gender in medical research: insights from the lead author of the SAGER guidelines
Read Shirin Heidari’s thoughts on the importance of incorporating sex and gender dimensions in clinical research design and reporting.
Meeting report: summary of the afternoon of Day 2 of the 2022 ISMPP Annual Meeting
Missed the meeting? Read our report to get up to speed!
Should peer reviewer identities be revealed?
Read about the pros and cons of disclosing reviewer identities as part of the open review process.