It's the end of peer review week 🎉!
To celebrate we've released two new resources focussed on preprint peer review
AI best practices: https://zenodo.org/records/17036187
Preprint review services: https://ripplingideas.org/portfolio/preprint-review-services/
#peerreview #preprints #AI ##PRW2025
Best Practices for preprint peer review services in the use of AI
This document provides guidance for preprint peer review services on the responsible integration of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, establishing guiding principles and practical steps to support transparency, ethical practice, and research integrity. Life science preprints have increased in adoption since 2013 with a growth of journal-agnostic peer review services since 2017. The use of large language models (LLMs) and other AI tools is rapidly changing research and peer review, raising opportunities for improved efficiency and equity but also risks of fraud, bias, and loss of human judgment. These best practices are designed to encourage responsible use of these tools, without being overly burdensome. Scope These best practices are designed for any preprint peer review service, evaluation service or journal organising peer review. Although the guidance focuses on the Life Sciences, it is not exclusive to this field. These particular best practices are not designed for peer reviewers themselves. These best practices and associated guidance may be partially applicable to peer review services that rely exclusively on AI approaches, without human oversight. Adopting these best practices will help peer review services and potentially traditional journals in ensuring safe, fair, and transparent use of AI in scientific publishing, safeguarding integrity and supporting community trust.
In our Forest of Biologists we fund the restoration and preservation of ancient woodland and dedicate these trees to our peer reviewers.
There are now over 10,000 trees for peer reviews!
Thank you to all our peer reviewers. Find out more:
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It's peer review week 🎉!
If you're posting preprints or thinking about reviewing them then check out our comprehensive list of preprint peer review services & platforms!
https://ripplingideas.org/portfolio/preprint-review-services/
#peerreview #preprints #PRW2025
Preprint Review Services
Want to update this table or add entries: complete this form Last update: Sep 2025. N.b This form only contains active services and has a life science focus. Downloadable version. Preprint Review S…
It's peer review week 🎉!
If you're posting preprints or thinking about reviewing them then check out our comprehensive list of preprint peer review services & platforms!
https://ripplingideas.org/portfolio/preprint-review-services/
#peerreview #preprints #PRW2025
Preprint Review Services
Want to update this table or add entries: complete this form Last update: Sep 2025. N.b This form only contains active services and has a life science focus. Downloadable version. Preprint Review S…
Join our @prereview Champions Team and the @eLife Ambassadors this #PeerReviewWeek to collaboratively review a #preprint.
When: Friday, September 19 at 3pm UTC
What: A 90-minute discussion of this preprint '‘Comparing the outputs of intramural and extramural grants funded by National Institutes of Health’ (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.09.56629)
Where: Zoom, sign up to register at: https://bit.ly/Sep19-Live-Review
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It's peer review week 🎉!
To celebrate we've released a brand new set of best practices for AI use by preprint peer review services.
Super exciting that some services are already implementing some of our guiding principles
Download: https://zenodo.org/records/17036187
#peerreview #preprints #AI #PRW2025
Best Practices for preprint peer review services in the use of AI
This document provides guidance for preprint peer review services on the responsible integration of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, establishing guiding principles and practical steps to support transparency, ethical practice, and research integrity. Life science preprints have increased in adoption since 2013 with a growth of journal-agnostic peer review services since 2017. The use of large language models (LLMs) and other AI tools is rapidly changing research and peer review, raising opportunities for improved efficiency and equity but also risks of fraud, bias, and loss of human judgment. These best practices are designed to encourage responsible use of these tools, without being overly burdensome. Scope These best practices are designed for any preprint peer review service, evaluation service or journal organising peer review. Although the guidance focuses on the Life Sciences, it is not exclusive to this field. These particular best practices are not designed for peer reviewers themselves. These best practices and associated guidance may be partially applicable to peer review services that rely exclusively on AI approaches, without human oversight. Adopting these best practices will help peer review services and potentially traditional journals in ensuring safe, fair, and transparent use of AI in scientific publishing, safeguarding integrity and supporting community trust.
#DOAJ Head of Editorial @mattjhodgkinson speaks to this year’s theme, ‘Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era’ and how #AI is beginning to reshape #PeerReview and the wider scholarly publishing landscape
#PRW2025 #PeerReviewWeek #GenAI
https://blog.doaj.org/2025/09/16/help-or-hindrance-peer-review-in-the-age-of-ai/
For Peer Review Week 2025 we have a video explainer of our OpenScience Peer Review process
https://youtu.be/Ov_X5eYJhe4?si=tP2FPHCgb00Nscxh #PeerReviewWeek #PRW2025
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