Springer Nature and Google DeepMind partner on AI peer review assistant
The partnership will explore how AI can support peer reviewers while keeping human judgement central to the process
Peer review
Peer review isn’t free. So who pays?
Research Information recently hosted a webinar on paid peer review. Tim Gillett gives a potted view of proceedings
XSci puts AI peer review to the test with open-review competition
Company says platform is designed to add an additional trust, or certification, layer to preprints
The unseen work that helps peer reviewers make a difference
Kim Eggleton explores how pre-review screening protects reviewer time, strengthens integrity and improves scholarly publishing
Publishing Gateway partners with Global Campus on AI-powered reviewer discovery
Collaboration aims to help institutions, publishers and researchers identify suitable peer reviewers more quickly
What Is Peer Review Worth? Rethinking the Economics of Academic Reviewing
29 September, 2026 - 2pm BST, 3pm CEST, 9am EDT
The hidden cost of peer review: a system under strain
As scholarly communication evolves, so must the structures that sustain it, writes Gali Halevi
APS journals migrate to River Valley Technologies’ ReView platform
Project included the migration of user data, metadata and workflow history from the previous systems
Peer review beyond trust: why the system must evolve
Emerging challenges are exposing limits to a system that was not designed to withstand, writes Kim Eggleton
Biology Open paid peer review model cuts times to five working days
Reviewers were paid £220 per manuscript, conditional on timely completion and editorial assessment of review quality
New IOP Publishing tool detects duplicate peer reviews
Duplicate Review Checker automatically flags duplicate review activity immediately and directly to editorial teams
IOP Publishing celebrates outstanding peer reviewers
Largest groups of recipients came from China, the USA, India, Italy and Germany, with China accounting for nearly a third