We continue our explanation of the peer review process at Nature Methods. In last month’s Editorial 1, we described how we select peer reviewers and utilize their reports in reaching an editorial ...

Peer review is integral to a scholar’s journey, whether you’re trying to secure funding, present research at a conference, or publish your findings in a book or journal. Yet despite its ubiquity and ...

Peer reviews cost firms time and effort, and some accountants believe the process is focused on finding mistakes, but the purpose of peer reviews is to enhance engagement quality. Peer reviews can ...

Establishing a peer review of teaching process and community culture is not easy and takes time. Following recommendations from literature, research, and colleagues can help. A synthesis of this work ...

Opinion pieces from C&EN staff addressing core issues in chemistry. For 300 years or so after the creation of the scientific journals, those journals would unsystematically decide what to publish on ...

Earlier this year I received comments on an academic manuscript of mine as part of the usual peer review process, and noticed something strange. My research focuses on ensuring trustworthy evidence is ...

Traditionally, scientific publishing happened behind the scenes, with only the final product of a new scientific article shared with the research community at the end of the process. The efforts of ...

Source: Image by Tung Lam from Pixabay As a psychologist and a scientist-practitioner, I am involved in research activities. Psychologists routinely conduct and consume research in order to advance ...

A proposed change to the AICPA Peer Review Program would centralize the administration of peer reviews for firms operating under alternative practice structures, such as those with private equity ...