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
Peer review
APE innovation award opens for 2027 nominations
Winner will receive €1,000, travel support and free attendance at the 22nd APE Conference in Berlin in January
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
Building trust into the future of scholarly publishing
Shilpi Mehra discusses how technology can make the research ecosystem more trustworthy
APS journals migrate to River Valley Technologies’ ReView platform
Project included the migration of user data, metadata and workflow history from the previous systems
Researcher to Reader 2027 opens call for papers
Organisers say they are particularly keen to receive proposals from researchers, editors, funders and librarians
Taylor & Francis expands use of AI manuscript screening with Integra
Expanded agreement aims to improve manuscript quality and streamline editorial workflows
Nine ways a paper tells you it won’t reproduce – before anyone tries
The remedy to the reproducibility problem lies in the hands of those who steward the record, writes Mayank Vadaliya
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
Why scholarly publishing needs an independent certification authority
A universal certification framework would distinguish trusted publishers from bad actors, writes Darrell Gunter