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 ...

Springer Nature's 2026 Editor of Distinction Awards honor ten editors of the Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation for ...

A recent article published in Nature highlights the overwhelming number of peer-reviewed research papers that were retracted in 2023. To some, this may appear to be a reason for concern with how ...

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 ...

In an era plagued by malevolent sources flooding the internet with misrepresentations, distortions, manipulated imagery and flat-out lies, it should come as some comfort that in at least one arena ...

For scientists in the 17th Century, what did the future of peer review and the publishing process look like? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the world’s first and longest-running ...

The technical association IEEE recently announced changes to its peer-review journal system, after finding several published articles didn’t meet the organization’s standards. The push for change was ...

Springer Nature's 2026 Editor of Distinction Awards honour sixty editors affiliated with BMC Geriatrics for rigorous peer ...