Peer review

Discussion document, published in March, sets out considerations for handling peer-reviewed scholarly content

Duplicate Review Checker automatically flags duplicate review activity immediately and directly to editorial teams

Principles include transparency, accountability, appropriate tool use, user awareness, integrity safeguards and equity

Largest groups of recipients came from China, the USA, India, Italy and Germany, with China accounting for nearly a third

Publisher expects the use of tools to grow by further 25% in 2026 as it continues embedding AI through workflows

Infrastructure is designed to help scholarly publishers adapt to the growing influence of artificial intelligence

New director Tiberius Ignat "to take event to the next level with one aim – to improve the quality of research"

Publisher says financial compensation has been offered in connection with editorial or peer-review activities

Programme aims to introduce structured framework prioritising the quality and rigour of reviews over volume

Themes include research integrity, open science infrastructure, peer review reform, business models

Questionnaire aims to uncover recent trends and future priorities of the scholarly communications community