Bias, peer review, and publishing

Noemi Felisi, Riccardo Vecchio, Anna Odone. When peer review drags on: the harm to early career researchers. Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics. 2026;11. doi:10.3389/frma.2026.1740381

Joanie Sims Gould, Anne M. Lasinsky, Adrian Mota, Karim M. Khan, Clare L. Ardern. Threats to grant peer review: a qualitative study. 2025. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091666

Ryan Hill, Yian Yin, Carolyn Stein, Xizhao Wang, Dashun Wang, Benjamin F. Jones. The pivot penalty in research. Nature. 2025;642(8069):999-1006. doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09048-1

Katarina Zimmer. ‘Lipstick on a pig’: how to fight back against a peer-review bully. Nature. 2025;645(8081):809-812. doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02922-y

Maryam Sayab, Lisa M. DeTora, Muhammad Sarwar. Publication Pressure vs Research Integrity: Global Insights from an Asian Council of Science Editors Survey. Science Editor. 2025;48(2). doi:10.36591/SE-4803-05

Yueran Duan, Shahan Ali Memon, Bedoor AlShebli, Qing Guan, Petter Holme, Talal Rahwan. Postdoc publications and citations link to academic retention and faculty success. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2025;122(4):e2402053122. doi:10.1073/pnas.2402053122

Finn Luebber, Sören Krach, Frieder M. Paulus, Lena Rademacher, Rima-Maria Rahal. Lottery before peer review is associated with increased female representation and reduced estimated economic cost in a German funding line. Nature Communications. 2025;16(1):9824. doi:10.1038/s41467-025-65660-9

Transparent peer review to be extended to all of Nature’s research papers. Nature. 2025;642(8068):542-542. doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01880-9

Helen Peterson, Liisa Husu. Peer review across borders: benefits and challenges of international review panels in research funding organizations. Research Evaluation. 2025;34:rvaf030. doi:10.1093/reseval/rvaf030

Pierre Azoulay, Wesley H. Greenblatt. Does Peer Review Penalize Scientific Risk Taking? Evidence from NIH Grant Renewals.; 2025. doi:10.3386/w33495