#peerreview — Public Fediverse posts

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.

#academia #academicchatter

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.

#academia #academicchatter

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.

📄 https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18161

#AI #PeerReview #Science

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.

📄 https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18161

#AI #PeerReview #Science

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?

🎓🚫 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

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

#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

#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

Translate Science PREreview Club Live Review

https://mobilizon.picasoft.net/events/18da1723-a689-42d5-b0d2-54b47514aab5

Translate Science PREreview Club Live Review

https://mobilizon.picasoft.net/events/18da1723-a689-42d5-b0d2-54b47514aab5

"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/10.1177/17470161251363704

The 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.

#AcademicChatter #AcademicWriting #NightshiftEditor #ECRs

"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/10.1177/17470161251363704

The 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.

#AcademicChatter #AcademicWriting #NightshiftEditor #ECRs

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

#ai #academicchatter #peerreview

"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

#ai #academicchatter #peerreview

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

Judges matter more than papers...

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

#Academia #Assessment #PeerReview #ScholComm #Universities

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

#Academia #Assessment #PeerReview #ScholComm #Universities

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.

#scicomm #openaccess

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.

#scicomm #openaccess

"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

#ai #peerreview #academia

"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

#ai #peerreview #academia

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/

#OpenInfrastructure #PeerReview

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/

#OpenInfrastructure #PeerReview

Wut? Senior author Jonathan Grant writes about grant funding (Grant funding?) 😂

"The costs and benefits of research grant funding peer review"

https://f1000research.com/articles/15-534/v2

#peerreview #funding #research #academicchatter

Wut? Senior author Jonathan Grant writes about grant funding (Grant funding?) 😂

"The costs and benefits of research grant funding peer review"

https://f1000research.com/articles/15-534/v2

#peerreview #funding #research #academicchatter

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

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

The review resulting from our Community #LiveReview on June 25th is now published.

When an important piece of research shared as a preprint on medRxiv was prevented from receiving journal-organized #PeerReview, the community joined forces and stepped in.

Open, community-driven review offers a different future for research evaluation—one centered on dialogue, transparency, training, and broader participation. A future that extends beyond the research publication as a finish line, to enable continuous scrutiny and conversation.

We are grateful to @csmarcum for taking the lead on this initiative, and to everyone who participated in this rigorous and deeply human collaborative review session.

👉 Read the review and share your thoughts openly through our comment feature: https://prereview.org/reviews/21327744

The review resulting from our Community #LiveReview on June 25th is now published.

When an important piece of research shared as a preprint on medRxiv was prevented from receiving journal-organized #PeerReview, the community joined forces and stepped in.

Open, community-driven review offers a different future for research evaluation—one centered on dialogue, transparency, training, and broader participation. A future that extends beyond the research publication as a finish line, to enable continuous scrutiny and conversation.

We are grateful to @csmarcum for taking the lead on this initiative, and to everyone who participated in this rigorous and deeply human collaborative review session.

👉 Read the review and share your thoughts openly through our comment feature: https://prereview.org/reviews/21327744

Oh, sweet summer child, you thought your preprint would magically appear on arXiv overnight? 😂 Apparently, someone finally decided to hold your self-important drivel to the same standards as actual academic work. 🧐 Maybe try peer review for once, champ! 🏆
https://fi-le.net/arxiv/ #preprintissues #peerreview #academicstandards #summerchild #selfimportance #HackerNews #ngated

Oh, sweet summer child, you thought your preprint would magically appear on arXiv overnight? 😂 Apparently, someone finally decided to hold your self-important drivel to the same standards as actual academic work. 🧐 Maybe try peer review for once, champ! 🏆
https://fi-le.net/arxiv/ #preprintissues #peerreview #academicstandards #summerchild #selfimportance #HackerNews #ngated

Want to always win research grants 🏆 and get all your manuscripts accepted? Scientists may have figured out what you need to tell #ChatGPT 🤖

A new study tested hidden prompt injections embedded in manuscripts. When reviewers uploaded the papers to public #LLMs and asked for a review, the hidden instructions could steer the model toward a positive evaluation with a ~99% success rate.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05695-x

#GenAI #PeerReview #ResearchIntegrity #PromptInjection #AcademicPublishing

Want to always win research grants 🏆 and get all your manuscripts accepted? Scientists may have figured out what you need to tell #ChatGPT 🤖

A new study tested hidden prompt injections embedded in manuscripts. When reviewers uploaded the papers to public #LLMs and asked for a review, the hidden instructions could steer the model toward a positive evaluation with a ~99% success rate.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05695-x

#GenAI #PeerReview #ResearchIntegrity #PromptInjection #AcademicPublishing

I was doing a review for a scholarly journal. It has been a while since I had reviewed for them, so I studied their advice for reviewers.

Their sample of a good review was one I submitted in 2024.

#Academia #PeerReview #ScholarlyWriting

I was doing a review for a scholarly journal. It has been a while since I had reviewed for them, so I studied their advice for reviewers.

Their sample of a good review was one I submitted in 2024.

#Academia #PeerReview #ScholarlyWriting

#HappyFriday

Revision submitted 🤩
Now I’m ready to enjoy the weekend 😉

#Beer #Lager #Writing #Science #PeerReview #Photography

#HappyFriday

Revision submitted 🤩
Now I’m ready to enjoy the weekend 😉

#Beer #Lager #Writing #Science #PeerReview #Photography

NeurIPS conference AI cheats outraged they got caught - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w-km_5gK5U

Blog post:
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/10/neurips-conference-ai-cheats-outraged-they-got-caught/

by @davidgerard

#AI #GenAI #NeurIPS #PeerReview

NeurIPS conference AI cheats outraged they got caught - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w-km_5gK5U

Blog post:
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/10/neurips-conference-ai-cheats-outraged-they-got-caught/

by @davidgerard

#AI #GenAI #NeurIPS #PeerReview

Editors: if you see authors and reviewers engaging in extended arguments over minor details, do you leave them to sort it out, or do you step in at some point?

We've got a reviewer pushing us, for a third time, to add "a few words" to address their particular hobby horse. In our first two revisions we added a few words, and in our response explained that the issue is overstated, and more to the point, irrelevant to the discussion.

If I were editing this I'd have put my foot down one way or the other by now. I'm finding myself less irritated by the reviewer than I am by the absentee editor at this point.

#academia #PeerReview

Editors: if you see authors and reviewers engaging in extended arguments over minor details, do you leave them to sort it out, or do you step in at some point?

We've got a reviewer pushing us, for a third time, to add "a few words" to address their particular hobby horse. In our first two revisions we added a few words, and in our response explained that the issue is overstated, and more to the point, irrelevant to the discussion.

If I were editing this I'd have put my foot down one way or the other by now. I'm finding myself less irritated by the reviewer than I am by the absentee editor at this point.

#academia #PeerReview

I get emails from (sometimes reputable) journals, reminding me to respond to a previous invitation to a peer-review, when no previous email about this has been received. Are they just assuming that academics don't keep track of their emails and respond better when they're instilled with a bad conscience?

#AcademicChatter #AcademicPublishing #PeerReview #DarkPatterns

I get emails from (sometimes reputable) journals, reminding me to respond to a previous invitation to a peer-review, when no previous email about this has been received. Are they just assuming that academics don't keep track of their emails and respond better when they're instilled with a bad conscience?

#AcademicChatter #AcademicPublishing #PeerReview #DarkPatterns

#AI tools meant to vet #science are surprisingly easy to fool
AI #peerreview doesn’t produce diverse feedback and can be tricked to boost research scores
Scientists can easily manipulate their papers to trick an AI peer review tool into rating them as stronger or more publishable than they really are, computer scientist Joachim Baumann and colleagues report. AI-generated reviews often sound the same, losing nuance and diversity of human evaluation.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-tools-science-peer-review-problems
https://archive.ph/SJMmt

#AI tools meant to vet #science are surprisingly easy to fool
AI #peerreview doesn’t produce diverse feedback and can be tricked to boost research scores
Scientists can easily manipulate their papers to trick an AI peer review tool into rating them as stronger or more publishable than they really are, computer scientist Joachim Baumann and colleagues report. AI-generated reviews often sound the same, losing nuance and diversity of human evaluation.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-tools-science-peer-review-problems
https://archive.ph/SJMmt

Kann ein #PeerReview die Kernaussage eines Papers durch ein völlig falsches Gutachten bestätigen? Offenbar ja. Eine Geschichte über generative #KI, editoriale Verantwortung – und ein Paper samt Gutachten, die nie wirklich gelesen wurden … 👉 https://www.laborjournal.de/blog/?p=15114
#AcademicPublishing

Comparative Hydro-Climatic Datasets For Catchment-Wise Linked Water Fluxes And Storage Changes Across South America
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https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2026.1764771 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03661-2 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6443 <-- shared paper
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https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/from-droughts-to-floods-climate-change-and-migration-in-peru | https://publications.iom.int/books/evaluacion-de-la-evidencia-cambio-climatico-y-migracion-en-el-peru <-- shared 2021 Peru hydroclimate technical article | report
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https://youtu.be/Ngbm0gsmYAw?si=haqV7t15pGkEmJB8 <-- shared overview video
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#water #GIS #spatial #mappping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #remotesensing #earthobservation #Hydrology #Hydroclimatology #ClimateChange #extremeweather #WaterResources #WaterSecurity uncertainity #SouthAmerica #ClimateData #PeerReview #OpenScience #Hydrometeorology #opendata #datasets #rainfall #precipitation #fluvial #heatwave #temperature #changing #consistency #flood #flooding #drought #riskmanagement #risk #hazard #earthsystems #resilience #waterquality #waterpollution #model #modeling #monitoring #records #hydroclimate #hydrogeomorphology #review #SouthAmerica #planning #policy #sustainability #evapotranspiration #runoff #waterstorage #SAHCD