When Adam Day built a method to compare the language in peer-review reports across scientific journals, he expected to find ...

New Delhi: The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in submissions of scientific papers to a major journal has jumped up 42 ...

Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on Signal at jwosen.27. In a stark sign of scientists’ escalating frustration with how academic journals ...

The peer review process is a cornerstone of modern scholarship. Before new work is published in an academic journal, experts scrutinise the evidence, research and arguments to make sure they stack up.

Reviewer 1: “This manuscript is a timely and important contribution to the field, with clear methodology and compelling results. I recommend publication with only minor revisions.” Reviewer 2: “This ...

D avid Moher is painfully aware that the academic-publishing model is in trouble. As director of the Centre for Journalology in Ottawa, Canada, Moher studies how academics conduct research and how ...

A leading social science journal has found that AI tools, while boosting submission volumes, are contributing to lower-quality academic writing and peer reviews. The study, covering nearly 7,000 ...