The peer review system that validates scientific research is trapped in a self-defeating cycle. A new mathematical model ...

Scientific studies are an important part of litigation. Absent reliable scientific research forming the bases of an expert's testimony, it is personal opinion or anecdotal experience. Prior to ...

All Nature Portfolio journals, including Communications Biology, offer a double anonymized peer review option. Authors may choose this option at submission to remain anonymous to referees prior to ...

The arrival of AI-generated research papers marks a turning point that could radically accelerate discovery—or drown it in ...

It is perhaps more damaging to science than the flawed peer-review process because it means that the review process can’t meet the gold standard of being double-blind or anonymous to a reviewer. It ...

Earlier this month, a new journal based in Portland launched online with its first set of published scientific articles. But the Stacks Journal isn’t your typical academic journal, according to its ...

After studying the popular practice of peer review of scientific journal articles for several years, I have reluctantly concluded that peer review is bad for science. While the practice has its good ...

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To date, the main role of AI in scientific research has been to assist with narrow tasks such as discovering chemical ...

Any scientist with something worthwhile to share with the scientific community wants to publish. However, any published article in a creditable journal has to run the gauntlet of the peer-review ...

An autonomous AI system has written a scientific paper from scratch and cleared the first round of peer review at a workshop ...