Bias, peer review, and publishing

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

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

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

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

Florencia Fiorentin, Diana Suarez. Gender gaps in the peer review process. Different sources in the evaluation process for the allocation of grants in Argentina. Research Evaluation. 2025;34:rvaf048. doi:10.1093/reseval/rvaf048

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

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

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

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

Mark J. Bolland, Alison Avenell, Andrew Grey. Publication integrity: what is it, why does it matter, how it is safeguarded and how could we do better? Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 2024:1-20. doi:10.1080/03036758.2024.2325004