The Peer Review Renaissance: An Urgent Call for Transformation – The Scholarly Kitchen (Roohi Ghosh | October 2023)
Peer review is often spoken of reverently and held up as a hallmark of quality in academic research. But it is important to remember that its failing are oft-discussed (their bias, the time taken, the lack of diversity and sometimes adversarial tone). They are struggling with the exponential growth in the number of publications, and Albert Einstein refused to submit his work for peer review. This Scholarly Kitchen piece reflects on the degree to which peer review is so important at the moment, but it is definitely a moment to consider how it might be improved.