#peer-review — Public Fediverse posts
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“Research Gold, a site that advertises services for medical researchers, including drafting peer-review ready manuscripts, systemic reviews and meta-analyses, claims that it’s “100% human-written, never AI,” and lists a number of PhD reviewers and professional methodologists on staff that carry out this meticulous, difficult work.
The problem: The PhD reviewers Research Gold lists on its site are AI-generated and don’t exist. Other methodologists it lists are real, but are not aware their identity is being used by Research Gold. When I tried calling the company, an AI agent that refused to concede it was AI answered and kept trying to sell me Research Gold’s services. Email and chat communication with the company were also AI generated.”
https://www.404media.co/company-offering-100-human-written-never-ai-peer-review-is-entirely-ai/
#AI #GenerativeAI #AcademicPublishing #ResearchGold #PeerReview
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“Research Gold, a site that advertises services for medical researchers, including drafting peer-review ready manuscripts, systemic reviews and meta-analyses, claims that it’s “100% human-written, never AI,” and lists a number of PhD reviewers and professional methodologists on staff that carry out this meticulous, difficult work.
The problem: The PhD reviewers Research Gold lists on its site are AI-generated and don’t exist. Other methodologists it lists are real, but are not aware their identity is being used by Research Gold. When I tried calling the company, an AI agent that refused to concede it was AI answered and kept trying to sell me Research Gold’s services. Email and chat communication with the company were also AI generated.”
https://www.404media.co/company-offering-100-human-written-never-ai-peer-review-is-entirely-ai/
#AI #GenerativeAI #AcademicPublishing #ResearchGold #PeerReview
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#PeerReview is overwhelmed—can it survive in the #AI era?
Researchers need peer-reviewed publications to secure jobs and grants, so they continue to slog through the system even though it’s becoming “extremely protracted and painful”
The number of papers in databases Scopus and Web of Science has recently been increasing exponentially, at a rate of 5.6% per year. By one estimate, researchers around globe are devoting a collective 15,000yr of work to peer review every year
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/peer-review-is-overwhelmed-can-it-survive-in-the-ai-era/ -
#PeerReview is overwhelmed—can it survive in the #AI era?
Researchers need peer-reviewed publications to secure jobs and grants, so they continue to slog through the system even though it’s becoming “extremely protracted and painful”
The number of papers in databases Scopus and Web of Science has recently been increasing exponentially, at a rate of 5.6% per year. By one estimate, researchers around globe are devoting a collective 15,000yr of work to peer review every year
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/peer-review-is-overwhelmed-can-it-survive-in-the-ai-era/ -
Company Offering ‘100% Human-Written, Never AI’ Medical Research Is Entirely AI
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Company Offering ‘100% Human-Written, Never AI’ Medical Research Is Entirely AI
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"Peer review is overwhelmed—can it survive in the AI era?
As research and AI-assisted papers surge, volunteer reviewers struggle to keep up."#Science #Engineering #Peer #PeerReview #Publications ...
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/peer-review-is-overwhelmed-can-it-survive-in-the-ai-era/
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"Peer review is overwhelmed—can it survive in the AI era?
As research and AI-assisted papers surge, volunteer reviewers struggle to keep up."#Science #Engineering #Peer #PeerReview #Publications ...
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/peer-review-is-overwhelmed-can-it-survive-in-the-ai-era/
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One of the current #TDCC projects we were able to help make possible is #Metacheck. Blanket statement from me: If you are a #researcher, go check it out!
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One of the current #TDCC projects we were able to help make possible is #Metacheck. Blanket statement from me: If you are a #researcher, go check it out!
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#AI #PeerReview #science #blogs
"Peer review is overwhelmed—can it survive in the AI era?
As research and AI-assisted papers surge, volunteer reviewers struggle to keep up.
The number of papers indexed in the databases Scopus and Web of Science, for example, has recently been increasing exponentially, at a rate of 5.6 percent per year. By one estimate, researchers around the globe are devoting a collective 15,000 years of work to peer review every year—work that, if paid, would cost $1.5 billion for the share done in the US alone. Increasingly, researchers are finding it hard to donate that kind of time.
'I struggle like anything to get peer reviewers, said Haseeb Irfanullah, who is on the editorial board of Wiley’s Learned Publishing but whose comments represent his own views as an independent consultant. Steven Mack, an editor for Human Immunology, has recently had to email around thirty researchers to find just one who would review a paper. Five years ago, he estimates it would have taken only five to 10 emails to find three willing reviewers. In this landscape, it’s not surprising that editors are assigning reviews to people who aren’t qualified or don’t have the time to concentrate on them.
In most fields, researchers need peer-reviewed publications to secure jobs and grants, so they continue to slog through the system even though it’s becoming 'extremely protracted and painful,' in the words of microbiologist Sebastian Lourido from the Whitehead Institute.
Increasingly, many are advocating for change. Meanwhile, a few bold researchers have decided that the traditional publishing system just isn’t worth it anymore—AI research in particular has seen a shift toward communicating impactful findings through very informal means, like blogs.
Peer review is 'the bedrock of science,' Semprini said. But at this moment, 'it’s not standing strong.'"
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/peer-review-is-overwhelmed-can-it-survive-in-the-ai-era/
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#AI #PeerReview #science #blogs
"Peer review is overwhelmed—can it survive in the AI era?
As research and AI-assisted papers surge, volunteer reviewers struggle to keep up.
The number of papers indexed in the databases Scopus and Web of Science, for example, has recently been increasing exponentially, at a rate of 5.6 percent per year. By one estimate, researchers around the globe are devoting a collective 15,000 years of work to peer review every year—work that, if paid, would cost $1.5 billion for the share done in the US alone. Increasingly, researchers are finding it hard to donate that kind of time.
'I struggle like anything to get peer reviewers, said Haseeb Irfanullah, who is on the editorial board of Wiley’s Learned Publishing but whose comments represent his own views as an independent consultant. Steven Mack, an editor for Human Immunology, has recently had to email around thirty researchers to find just one who would review a paper. Five years ago, he estimates it would have taken only five to 10 emails to find three willing reviewers. In this landscape, it’s not surprising that editors are assigning reviews to people who aren’t qualified or don’t have the time to concentrate on them.
In most fields, researchers need peer-reviewed publications to secure jobs and grants, so they continue to slog through the system even though it’s becoming 'extremely protracted and painful,' in the words of microbiologist Sebastian Lourido from the Whitehead Institute.
Increasingly, many are advocating for change. Meanwhile, a few bold researchers have decided that the traditional publishing system just isn’t worth it anymore—AI research in particular has seen a shift toward communicating impactful findings through very informal means, like blogs.
Peer review is 'the bedrock of science,' Semprini said. But at this moment, 'it’s not standing strong.'"
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/peer-review-is-overwhelmed-can-it-survive-in-the-ai-era/
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When research is ready, long waits for feedback slow progress. At #JPsyExp, we aim for initial screening to take one week and double-blind peer review to take two to four weeks.
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When research is ready, long waits for feedback slow progress. At #JPsyExp, we aim for initial screening to take one week and double-blind peer review to take two to four weeks.
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Interview with yours truly on journal rank, peer review and a journal replacement:
"Beyond Journal Prestige: Rebuilding Peer Review and Scholarly Publishing"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miWuXGbJJl8
#academicchatter #publishing #journals #impactfactor #science #peerreview
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Interview with yours truly on journal rank, peer review and a journal replacement:
"Beyond Journal Prestige: Rebuilding Peer Review and Scholarly Publishing"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miWuXGbJJl8
#academicchatter #publishing #journals #impactfactor #science #peerreview
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🚨 #AI BREAKING NEWS! 🚨 In an astonishing turn of events, the digital gatekeepers at #OpenReview have decided that even computers must verify their existence before accessing the sacred halls of Open Peer Review. 🤖🔒 Because, clearly, nothing screams "cutting-edge research" like #CAPTCHA tests for #LLMs. 😂🔍
https://openreview.net/challenge?redirect=%2Fforum%3Fid%3DklU4737opt #News #PeerReview #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨 #AI BREAKING NEWS! 🚨 In an astonishing turn of events, the digital gatekeepers at #OpenReview have decided that even computers must verify their existence before accessing the sacred halls of Open Peer Review. 🤖🔒 Because, clearly, nothing screams "cutting-edge research" like #CAPTCHA tests for #LLMs. 😂🔍
https://openreview.net/challenge?redirect=%2Fforum%3Fid%3DklU4737opt #News #PeerReview #HackerNews #ngated -
Das Fast-&-Fair-Experiment von Biology Open zeigt, dass bezahlter #PeerReview funktioniert: 220 Pfund pro Gutachten – und es braucht nur noch 5 Tage bis zur Entscheidung, statt zuvor 38. Doch die Kernprobleme des Peer Review werden so nicht gelöst … 👉 https://www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3539.php
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Das Fast-&-Fair-Experiment von Biology Open zeigt, dass bezahlter #PeerReview funktioniert: 220 Pfund pro Gutachten – und es braucht nur noch 5 Tage bis zur Entscheidung, statt zuvor 38. Doch die Kernprobleme des Peer Review werden so nicht gelöst … 👉 https://www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3539.php
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Alfred North Whitehead described a solution to the current #peerreview crisis already in 1911:
https://cameronharwick.com/writing/person/an-whitehead/
"Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle—they are strictly limited in number, they require fresh horses, and must only be made at decisive moments."
Peer review is a limited resource. We better use it wisely and only at appropriate moments.
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Alfred North Whitehead described a solution to the current #peerreview crisis already in 1911:
https://cameronharwick.com/writing/person/an-whitehead/
"Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle—they are strictly limited in number, they require fresh horses, and must only be made at decisive moments."
Peer review is a limited resource. We better use it wisely and only at appropriate moments.
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New paper on how LLMs distort human #writing: not just by flattening style, but by shifting meaning, stance, and voice.
Across user essays, edited drafts, and #ICLR peer reviews, #LLM use made texts more neutral, more homogenized, and less personal. Even when only asked to “edit”.
That’s an important reminder: “Just edit this” is not a harmless instruction. You may get a cleaner text, but also a shifted meaning.
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New paper on how LLMs distort human #writing: not just by flattening style, but by shifting meaning, stance, and voice.
Across user essays, edited drafts, and #ICLR peer reviews, #LLM use made texts more neutral, more homogenized, and less personal. Even when only asked to “edit”.
That’s an important reminder: “Just edit this” is not a harmless instruction. You may get a cleaner text, but also a shifted meaning.
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I'm looking for an alternative to Google Docs for sharing/collaborating on writings with friends. I've heard Ellipsus is a good one, any writer followers of mine have thoughts or suggestions?
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🎓🚫 Oh joy, another thrilling tale of academic integrity where two self-proclaimed gatekeepers of scholarly excellence discover that peer review is as effective as a cat guarding a fish market. They "audited" 22 papers and—surprise!—most were as credible as a politician's promise. Next up: teaching fish to climb trees. 🐟🌳
https://geospatialml.com/posts/reviewing-ai-slop/ #academicintegrity #peerreview #fraudinresearch #scholarlyexcellence #fishoutofwater #HackerNews #ngated -
🎓🚫 Oh joy, another thrilling tale of academic integrity where two self-proclaimed gatekeepers of scholarly excellence discover that peer review is as effective as a cat guarding a fish market. They "audited" 22 papers and—surprise!—most were as credible as a politician's promise. Next up: teaching fish to climb trees. 🐟🌳
https://geospatialml.com/posts/reviewing-ai-slop/ #academicintegrity #peerreview #fraudinresearch #scholarlyexcellence #fishoutofwater #HackerNews #ngated -
One of the annoying things when having to review vibe-coded changes, is what I would call "method of the week": A quirk of the currently used LLM model found in a majority of PRs/MRs that vibe-coders don't learn to change before requesting a review despite being told multiple times.
#LLMs #vibeCoding #codeReview #peerReview #noAI #AI #artificialIntelligence #genAI #generativeAI #amCoding #amProgramming #softwareDevelopment #softwareEngineering
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One of the annoying things when having to review vibe-coded changes, is what I would call "method of the week": A quirk of the currently used LLM model found in a majority of PRs/MRs that vibe-coders don't learn to change before requesting a review despite being told multiple times.
#LLMs #vibeCoding #codeReview #peerReview #noAI #AI #artificialIntelligence #genAI #generativeAI #amCoding #amProgramming #softwareDevelopment #softwareEngineering
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#PeerReview galt immer als Goldstandard der #Forschungsförderung. Aber musste er das je beweisen? Finn Lübber und Sören Krach erklären in unserem Essayheft, warum ausgerechnet eine Lotterie fairer, billiger und robuster sein könnte: 👉 https://www.laborjournal.de/rubric/essays/essays2026/e26_06.php
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#PeerReview galt immer als Goldstandard der #Forschungsförderung. Aber musste er das je beweisen? Finn Lübber und Sören Krach erklären in unserem Essayheft, warum ausgerechnet eine Lotterie fairer, billiger und robuster sein könnte: 👉 https://www.laborjournal.de/rubric/essays/essays2026/e26_06.php
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Translate Science PREreview Club Live Review
August 4, 2026, 2:00:00 PM UTC - GMThttps://mobilizon.picasoft.net/events/18da1723-a689-42d5-b0d2-54b47514aab5
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Translate Science PREreview Club Live Review
August 4, 2026, 2:00:00 PM UTC - GMThttps://mobilizon.picasoft.net/events/18da1723-a689-42d5-b0d2-54b47514aab5
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"In retrospect, these strategies were a form of authorial self-preservation."
Autoethnography of the rhetorical and emotional dimensions of writing about study limitations:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17470161251363704The paper draws on 8 manuscripts, 17 drafts, 22 #PeerReview by the author, journal entries, and email exchanges.
Interesting reflections & it illustrates the challenges and questions, especially if one has not written many manuscripts, yet.
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"In retrospect, these strategies were a form of authorial self-preservation."
Autoethnography of the rhetorical and emotional dimensions of writing about study limitations:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17470161251363704The paper draws on 8 manuscripts, 17 drafts, 22 #PeerReview by the author, journal entries, and email exchanges.
Interesting reflections & it illustrates the challenges and questions, especially if one has not written many manuscripts, yet.
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Real peer review has never been tried
worksinprogress.co/issue/real-p... #science #sciencesky #philosophySky #PeerReview
Real peer review has never bee... -
Real peer review has never been tried
worksinprogress.co/issue/real-p... #science #sciencesky #philosophySky #PeerReview
Real peer review has never bee... -
"Peer review is imperfect, sometimes exclusionary, occasionally petty. We have all seen nonsensical reports and capricious delays. But the answer to those failings is to invest more in the human practice – through training, recognition and realistic expectation – not to hollow it out."
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/ai-not-peer-so-it-cant-do-peer-review -
"Peer review is imperfect, sometimes exclusionary, occasionally petty. We have all seen nonsensical reports and capricious delays. But the answer to those failings is to invest more in the human practice – through training, recognition and realistic expectation – not to hollow it out."
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/ai-not-peer-so-it-cant-do-peer-review -
New study: "We show…that research assessment is driven more by differences between evaluators than by difference in the evaluated research."
arxiv.org/abs/2607.09783
#Academia #Assessment #PeerReview #ScholComm #Universities
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New study: "We show…that research assessment is driven more by differences between evaluators than by difference in the evaluated research."
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New study: "We show…that research assessment is driven more by differences between evaluators than by difference in the evaluated research."
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.09783 -
Symbolic image of the state of #academic #publishing: The original study does not contain much detail (most certainly not a single word of #humour), and the #replication study is locked up behind a #paywall, on which #impactfactor, #peerreview, #plagiarism, #copyright and #publicationbias are having #popcorn.
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Symbolic image of the state of #academic #publishing: The original study does not contain much detail (most certainly not a single word of #humour), and the #replication study is locked up behind a #paywall, on which #impactfactor, #peerreview, #plagiarism, #copyright and #publicationbias are having #popcorn.
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"If we still believe that science is a vocation grounded in argument, curiosity and care, we can’t delegate judgement to machines"
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/ai-not-peer-so-it-cant-do-peer-review
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"If we still believe that science is a vocation grounded in argument, curiosity and care, we can’t delegate judgement to machines"
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/ai-not-peer-so-it-cant-do-peer-review
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If you coordinate a PREreview Club, we’ve got news for you
Now club leads can ask us to attach a review to their club’s page directly within the review workflow. No need to email us!
👉 Find out more about this and other platform optimizations for clubs in today’s Weeknote:
https://content.prereview.org/prereview-platform-news-17-july-2026/ -
If you coordinate a PREreview Club, we’ve got news for you
Now club leads can ask us to attach a review to their club’s page directly within the review workflow. No need to email us!
👉 Find out more about this and other platform optimizations for clubs in today’s Weeknote:
https://content.prereview.org/prereview-platform-news-17-july-2026/ -
Wut? Senior author Jonathan Grant writes about grant funding (Grant funding?) 😂
"The costs and benefits of research grant funding peer review" -
It is 2026, and we still get this criticism in a review: "First and foremost, the contribution is primarily confirmatory […] I would argue that the work is predominantly incremental." Yes. This is called the scientific method. How can we change the strange interpretation of novelty that is in many reviewers' heads?
@seresearchers
#peerreview #EmpiricalResearch