Peer review is both the greatest strength and the greatest weakness of the scientific research system. It filters out bad work and makes good work better. But it can also slow down the dispersal of ...

Behind the polished facade of peer-reviewed journals lurks a growing epidemic of junk science — propped up by predatory publishers, ignored conflicts of interest, and research so bad it refuses to die ...

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) has selected new editors to lead three of its peer-reviewed journal titles, effective January 1. They are Jason D. (Jace) Flatt, PhD, MPH, as the ...

Text-generating artificial intelligence (AI) models, such as ChatGPT, have the potential to "revolutionize the field of medical writing" by automating tasks and increasing efficiency throughout the ...

The following types of contribution to Nature Portfolio journals are peer-reviewed: Articles, Letters, Brief Communications, Matters Arising, Technical Reports, Analysis, Resources, Reviews, ...

Scientific fraud is becoming a larger issue. Thousands of fake scientific papers have flooded journals and have subsequently had to be retracted. Much of this is the work of paper mills, which submit ...

A peer-reviewed journal recently published a mind-bending paper. It begins with a highly technical section about groundwater seepage before delving into a lively discussion of dance training. The ...

A prolific neuroscientist is accusing some of the same companies that published her work in top-tier peer-reviewed journals of conspiring “to hold the careers of scholars hostage” in the name of ...

In the past year there's been a lot of talk about the lack of trust in science and the need to distinguish legitimate research from misinformation, disinformation, and other forms of fallaciousness.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aims to prohibit government scientists from publishing in top journals, citing pharmaceutical influence and corruption concerns. Kennedy proposes new in-house journals for ...