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The 2026 report on the Future of Peer Review puts industry wide numbers onto anecdotal reports from Editors and journals. It is becoming increasingly difficult to find reviewers who are…

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This year for Peer Review Week we sat down with Dr. Sam Bose, the In-House Editor at Karger, to talk about how he experiences the challenges of this year’s theme….

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The ability to read a scientific manuscript both critically and efficiently is not just an important skill to have as a reviewer, but can also help you understand how reviewers…

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The theme of Peer Review Week (PRW) this year is ‘Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era’. With increasing accessibility of powerful LLMs (Large Language Models) and the proliferation of AI-powered…

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This blog was co-authored by Gráinne McNamara (Research Integrity and Publication Ethics Manager), Teresa Mathews (Publication Manager and Researcher Engagement and Recognition Liaison), and Beth Bayley (Open Science Manager). The…

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This year’s Peer Review Week 2025 invites us to reflect on the evolving role of artificial intelligence in scholarly publishing. This year’s theme, “Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era,”…

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Shelly: I’m very pleased today to be moderating a discussion between Dr. Gráinne McNamara, Research Integrity / Publication Ethics Manager at Karger Publishers and Prof. Oleg Ruchayskiy, Professor of astroparticle…

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Peer-reviewers play a crucial role in ensuring the trustworthiness, quality, integrity, and reproducibility of an article. Join Gráinne McNamara (Research Integrity / Publication Ethics Manager, Karger), as she talks about…

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Research reproducibility exists hand in hand with research integrity and good research practices. Learn more about how peer review can improve manuscript reproducibility and strengthen research integrity in our recent…