News and events
This section contains a selection of the main news and events that interest the world of peer review. To stay informed about updates coming from the management of publications, find the reporting of important events, courses or conferences, scheduled around the world; know activities and initiatives related to the peer review coming from involved Associations and Publishers.
Recommendations for improving peer review of qualitative research in conservation journals
Douglas A Clark 1 , Ryan K Brook 2 , Ethan Doney 3 1 School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5C8, Canada.2 College of Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5C8, Canada.7 3 School of Environment...
To see or not to see: a cross-sectional study suggesting lack of bias towards authors in the peer review process
H Daou 1 , L Gu 2 , S R Lipner 3 1 Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA. 2 Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA. 3 Department of Dermatology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA. Br J Dermatol. 2021 Scientific...
Effects of Experimental Interventions to Improve the Biomedical Peer-Review Process: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Mario Gaudino 1 , N Bryce Robinson 1 , Antonino Di Franco 1 , Irbaz Hameed 1 , Ajita Naik 1 , Michelle Demetres 2 , Leonard N Girardi 1 , Giacomo Frati 3 4 , Stephen E Fremes 5 , Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai 3 6 1 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Weill...
Peer review blinding practices of highly ranked dental journals: analysis and discussion
Clovis Mariano Faggion Jr Department of Periodontology and Operative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany. Br Dent J. 2021 Aug 19. doi: 10.1038/s41415-021-3319-y. Objectives: To evaluate the type of peer review blinding used...
New features in Reviewer Public Profiles: Validated Peer Reviews, Shareable Certificate
We are pleased to announce two new functionalities available for our registered peer reviewers, central to everything we do at ReviewerCredits. Validated Peer Reviews. We know the importance for a peer reviewer to publicly display his/her work, as a way to increase...
New fields for our Peer Reviewers: ‘Academic Status’ and ‘Keywords’
As we daily work to meet the needs of peer reviewers, we introduced new fields on our platform that will improve their experience on reviewercredits.com. - Academic Status, with 5 options: Very Early-Career Researcher, Early-Career Researcher, Mid-Career Researcher,...
Sync Now Your Reviews between ORCID and ReviewerCredits
Are you connected to ORCID to be able to transfer my reviews from ORCID to ReviewerCredits? YES! This question has been asked by many in the past few months and we now have the answer. We have worked hard to offer you this important new feature in a short time....