We have all experienced unfair or sometimes even hostile peer reviews. Papers which later proved to be a turning point in research have been rejected… Read more »
At Springer Nature every week is Peer Review Week. Each week our dedicated in-house editorial staff spend thousands of hours co-ordinating the process… Read more »
Thanks to everyone who attended #SpotOn16 on Saturday the 5th of November to discuss the future of peer review. Below you can find… Read more »
In this podcast, we talk to Professor Ian Cree, section editor for BMC Cancer, about open peer review and recognition for those… Read more »
As we roll out the new look and feel of open peer review on our websites, we look at its benefits, some of the improvements we… Read more »
Last week I took part in a workshop ‘Open Peer Review: Models, benefits and limitations’ organised by OpenAIRE. As a member of… Read more »
BioMed Central editors looked into the quality of reviewer reports and investigated several different factors that may influence… Read more »
Should peer reviewers receive training? Should there be accreditation? These topics and more were discussed at a recent BioMed… Read more »
Openness and access to knowledge are at the foundations of BioMed Central's ethos. But there is an important area where total… Read more »
A few weeks ago I played the part of an expert witness in the Medical Journalist Association’s mock trial, Trials on Trial. The… Read more »