Peer review is meant to prevent scientific misconduct. But it has its own problems

Peer review is meant to prevent scientific misconduct. But it has its own problems

Roman Samborskyi/ShutterstockIn 2023, an academic journal, the Annals of Operations Research, retracted an entire special isssue because the peer review process for it was compromised. The case brought into sharp focus broader concerns about the peer review process in contemporary science. It showed that a process intended to catch problems with research before publication can itself go wrong. And when it does, it creates large ripple effects th…

Why Peer Reviewed Journals Matter in the World of Clinical Trials

Publishing in a peer reviewed journal gives your clinical trial results scientific credibility, consumer trust, and marketing power that lasts.

Can AI fix peer review? CAF aims to solve biases

Researchers from Beihang University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have introduced the Cognitive Alignment Framework (CAF), a new approach to improving automated meta-review generation using large language models (LLMs). Their study, titled “Bridging Social Psychology and LLM Reasoning: Conflict-Aware Meta-Review Generation via Cognitive Alignment,” addresses key challenges in scientific peer review, including cognitive biases such as the a…