Hacker News with Generative AI: Peer Review

Publishers trial paying peer reviewers – what did they find? (nature.com)
Trials suggest that offering payment can increase the chance of a researcher agreeing to review, and in some cases speed up the process.
Publishing, Research, Peer Review, Incentives
28 points by xqcgrek2 5 days ago | 25 comments
One of my papers got declined today (mathstodon.xyz)
Academic Research, Mathematics, Peer Review
853 points by GavCo 92 days ago | 290 comments
To what extent is science a strong-link problem? (svpow.com)
Here’s a fascinating and worrying news story in Science: a top US researcher apparently falsified a lot of images (at least) in papers that helped get experimental drugs on the market — papers that were published in top journals for years, and whose problems have only recently become apparent because of amateur sleuthing through PubPeer.
Science, Research, Scientific Misconduct, Peer Review
39 points by surprisetalk 155 days ago | 10 comments
The early days of peer review: five insights from historic reports (nature.com)
The UK Royal Society has more experience of peer review than most publishers, with the practice used by its journals for nearly 200 years.
Science, Publishing, History, Academia, Peer Review
61 points by rntn 169 days ago | 32 comments
Peer review by committee? New journal rethinks old model (nature.com)
The Stacks Journal is aiming to provide a faster, more transparent and trustworthy peer-review model by organizing committees of researchers to assess manuscripts.
Science, Peer Review, Academic Publishing
29 points by gnabgib 184 days ago | 2 comments
Cite-seeing and reviewing: A study on citation bias in peer review (plos.org)
Citations play an important role in researchers’ careers as a key factor in evaluation of scientific impact. Many anecdotes advice authors to exploit this fact and cite prospective reviewers to try obtaining a more positive evaluation for their submission.
Science, Peer Review, Research, Academia, Citations
5 points by amadeuspagel 186 days ago | 0 comments
Peer review is essential for science. Unfortunately, it's broken (arstechnica.com)
Science, Peer Review, Research
54 points by rbanffy 265 days ago | 48 comments