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Clarivate Analytics’s new author profiles tool to include peer review activity

The aim is to give users more context around citation performance.

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

News 1 Feb 2022

Editors give green light to patients co-authoring manuscripts

But work must be done to ensure that patients feel accepted by the research community.

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

News 27 Jul 2021

Five online tools that aim to save researchers time and trouble

From investigating a lab’s publication history to scanning manuscripts for statistical errors, these apps can help streamline some of the most time-consuming tasks.

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

Technology feature 23 Jun 2021

How to respond to difficult or negative peer-reviewer feedback

A systematic approach to critiques and queries can help keep emotions at bay.

Natalie Parletta

News 18 May 2021

Peer-reviewers twice as likely to accept research conducted on men than the same research on women

How biases may play out against female experimental participants.

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

News 11 May 2021

How COVID-19 could make science kinder

Reviewers are providing more constructive feedback in a time of crisis, but how long will it last?

Gemma Conroy

News 24 Feb 2021

Following NASA's lead, researchers are targeting gender bias in instrument time

The switch to double-blind peer reviews could help to ensure that female and early-career researchers get a fair shot at using in-demand equipment.

Clare Watson

News 2 Feb 2021

A three-step process for resolving paper disputes

Natalie Parletta

News 8 Dec 2020

Three reasons to share your research failures

There’s a new journal for that.

Gemma Conroy

News 22 Sep 2020

COVID-19 research update: How many pandemic papers have been published?

A briefing on developments in coronavirus research publishing.

Nature Index

News 28 Aug 2020

Probe into leaked papers submitted to leading engineering conference

Confidential paper trail surfaces online in connection with “tragic situation” of PhD student Huixiang Chen's suicide.

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

News 9 Jul 2020

How is your discipline tracking in open peer review?

Who’s more likely to share reviewer reports and identities – in 5 graphs.

Gemma Conroy

News 24 Jun 2020

Journal peer review policies attract further scrutiny

Free tools give greater clarity to authors.

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

News 7 Apr 2020

Researchers reveal the emotional and professional cost of drawn-out peer review

It can have a noticeable affect on a person's career.

Andy Tay

News 10 Mar 2020

To make submissions easier, journals need to fix these 3 things - study

Why trying to publish is often “a minefield”.

Gemma Conroy

News 25 Feb 2020

Don't let big names and impressive stories influence your peer review

How to avoid being star-struck.

Jeff C. Clements

Comment 23 Jan 2020

Peer-review for six-year-olds

Groundbreaking journal unearths new talent.

Bec Crew

News 17 Dec 2019

Don’t let researchers recommend who reviews their work

Some funders and publishers call it unethical, for others, it's par for the course

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

Comment 22 Nov 2019

Thousands of grant peer reviewers share concerns in global survey

Peer review process helps funders make decisions, but researchers say it is time-consuming and lacks transparency.

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

News 21 Oct 2019

Diversifying peer review by adding junior scientists

Initiatives to train and include early-career researchers in peer review may help improve science’s quality control.

Dan Garisto

News 13 Sep 2019

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