Bias, peer review, and publishing

Katie Spoon, Joanna Mendy, Maria Martinez, et al. Devaluation underlies gendered US faculty departures across disciplines and institutions. PNAS Nexus. 2026;5(10):pgag306. doi:10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag306

Noah Haber, George C Banks, Nicholas D, PhD Bowman, et al. Registered Revisions Meta Trial Pilot Report.; 2026. https://osf.io/preprints/metaarxiv/j64ct_v1/.

Mathieu Vinken. Advancing toxicology through new approach methodologies. Toxicology. 2026;526:154546. doi:10.1016/j.tox.2026.154546

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

Lack of reviewers threatens robustness of neuroscience literature. https://www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/lack-of-reviewers-threatens-robustness-of-neuroscience-literature/. Published 2026.

How to write a rebuttal letter. Nature Methods. 2026;23(10):1919-1919. doi:10.1038/s41592-026-03261-0

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

David Moher, Anna Catharina Vieira Armond. Publisher and journal reciprocity for peer review: Not so much. Accountability in Research. 2025;32(5):832-837. doi:10.1080/08989621.2025.2450451

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

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