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Too much of modern peer review feels like tit-for-tat gatekeeping - Dr. Ben Britton

Dr. Ben Britton leads the Experimental Micromechanics Group of postdoctoral researchers, PhD and masters students, and academic visitors at Imperial College London. Dr…
Too much of modern peer review feels like tit-for-tat gatekeeping - Dr. Ben Britton

Quality and trust in peer review: An overview of Sense about Science 2019 survey

Sense about Science's Peer Review Survey 2019 unveils interesting points and insights about the peer review system. It also lays down several action paths to make the…
Quality and trust in peer review: An overview of Sense about Science 2019 survey

My first peer review experience: It's hard to not take poor reviews personally

Your first peer review experience might have been smooth, or it might have been diastrous. Regardless, it is one that has stuck with you as you advance in your academic…
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  • September 19, 2019
My first peer review experience: It's hard to not take poor reviews personally

How I began to tango with peer review

About six years ago, when I became a university lecturer in Nigeria, I was suddenly faced with a difficult situation. I was forced to “publish or perish” in…
How I began to tango with peer review

Why I don't want to be paid for peer review

The peer review system is based on a mutual relationship. Sometimes there are glitches and broken links, and sometimes mutualisms turn into antagonisms. But is the whole…
Why I don't want to be paid for peer review

Peer review made easier: PubSURE at a glance

The idea of bringing together preprints, authors, and editors on a single platform led to the concept of PubSURE. PubSURE is an integrated platform that is made of a…
Peer review made easier: PubSURE at a glance

Will robots ever truly be our "peers" when it comes to peer review?

I had a dream that bothered me. In this dream, I found out that the journal editor had rejected my paper based on an algorithm. It made me so irate that I woke up. …
Will robots ever truly be our "peers" when it comes to peer review?

Do authors really value and respect peer review as much as they say they do?

What merit do authors see in peer review? This opinion piece explores the attitudes and perceptions authors seem to have toward peer review and what value it adds to…
Do authors really value and respect peer review as much as they say they do?

Peer review as a system: Can we do better?

How can we open up the scientific dialogue and enable science to push us forward? Dr. Ben Britton, a Senior Lecturer at Imperial College in London, shares…
Peer review as a system: Can we do better?

Anyone who has published an article and has gone through a peer review process is a potential reviewer

Dr. Bahar Mehmani is the Reviewer Experience Lead in the Global Publishing Development department at Elsevier. Dr. Mehmani has been part of several industry workshops,…