... terminology. Design/methodology/approach To illustrate the issue of terminological inconsistency, the article analyzes two terms: “AI peer review” and “AI ethics.” The analysis shows that the former is conceptually flawed, while the latter is used in several different ways, even among experts. These two...

... an analytical overview of current innovations in peer review and their potential impacts on scholarly communication. Peer review innovations partly pull in mutually opposed directions. Several initiatives aim to make peer review more efficient and less costly, while other initiatives aim to promote its...

... pandemic on the scholarly communication process. The article addresses the aforementioned aspects of peer review with a goal of contemplating their cumulative impact on the state of diversity in scholarly communication and suggests possible ways of rethinking the situation. Academic culture...

... by qualitative thematic analysis and grouped into thematic clusters. Findings The study finds that three practices used in scholarly communication – more specifically: peer review, professional community building and, to a certain extent, communication as “merit-making” – are central in the making...

...L. Egghe; Lutz Bornmann Purpose The authors exploit the analogy between journal peer review and information retrieval in order to quantify some imperfections of journal peer review. Design/methodology/approach The authors define fallout rate and missing rate in order to describe quantitatively...

...Lutz Bornmann; Leo Egghe Purpose In editorial peer review systems of journals, one does not always accept the best papers. Due to different human perceptions, the evaluation of papers by peer review (for a journal) can be different from the impact that a paper has after its publication (measured...

... but are less inclined to share their own. Researcher attitudes towards repositories are very mixed. Researchers highly value peer review. The pressure to over‐publish at the expense of quality is exaggerated. Research limitations/implications Further research is required to measure the impact on researcher...

... book offers a superb overview of one tricky social phenomenon and a “hard and long‐overdue look at the institution of reviewing” to anyone involved in writing, editing, researching, peer‐reviewing, and of course book‐reviewing. It is an eye‐opener, and will not only amuse you, perhaps infuriate you...