The following types of contribution to Nature Portfolio journals are peer-reviewed: Articles, Letters, Brief Communications, Matters Arising, Technical Reports, Analysis, Resources, Reviews, ...

In 2023, an academic journal, the Annals of Operations Research, retracted an entire special issue because the peer review process for it was compromised. The case brought into sharp focus broader ...

To what extent does peer review actually work?When submitting an academic paper, it often goes through a process called peer review. This is a mechanism where researchers in the same field read the ...

When I teach research methods, a major focus is peer review. As a process, peer review evaluates academic papers for their quality, integrity and impact on a field, largely shaping what scientists ...

More transparency in the peer review process will help researchers to study peer review and improve its quality and fairness. After working for about a decade as a journal editor, I’m concerned that ...

Jason Semprini was excited about his research on policies mandating that elementary school students receive the human papillomavirus vaccine. HPV causes most cases of cervical cancer, but ...

Any scientist with something worthwhile to share with the scientific community wants to publish. However, any published article in a creditable journal has to run the gauntlet of the peer-review ...

Springer Nature's 2026 Editor of Distinction Awards honor eighteen editors, including honorees at BMC Pharmacology and ...