Peer Review Week
Appearance
| Peer Review Week | |
|---|---|
| Significance | Celebrates the importance of peer review |
| Begins | 2016 |
| Date | 25-29 September |
| Duration | 1 week |
| Frequency | Annual |
Peer Review Week is an annual scholarly communication event celebrating the value of peer review. It has taken place globally every September since 2015 in a multitude of locations both on- and offline. Typical activities include blogs, webinars, video and social media. Since 2016, each week has been themed. The number of organizations involved in the planning of the week, including scholarly societies, university libraries, publishers, vendors, funders and more, had increased to 55 in 2025,[1] starting from "over 20" in the early years.[2]
History
[edit]Peer Review Week was founded in 2015. Founding organisations included ORCID, ScienceOpen, Sense about Science and Wiley (publisher).[3][4][2]
Themes
[edit]- 2025: "Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era"[5]
- 2024: "Innovation and Technology in Peer Review"[6]
- 2023: "Peer Review and The Future of Publishing"[7]
- 2022: "Research Integrity: Creating and supporting trust in research"[8]
- 2021: "Identity in Peer Review"[9][10][11][12][13][14]
- 2020: "Trust in Peer Review"[15]
- 2019: "Quality in Peer Review"[16]
- 2018: "Diversity in Peer Review"[17]
- 2017: "Transparency in Peer Review"[18]
- 2016: "Recognizing Peer Review"[19]
References
[edit]- ^ "Team - Supporting Organizations". Peer Review Week. April 22, 2025.
- ^ a b "Peer Review Week Is Five!". The Scholarly Kitchen. June 26, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
- ^ "Welcome to Peer Review Week". The Scholarly Kitchen. September 28, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^ "Celebrate Peer Review Week 2015". Publons blog. September 28, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^ "Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era" (PDF) (Press release). Peer Review Week 2025. September 15–19, 2025.
- ^ Ghosh, Roohi; Machado, Maria; Dyke, Gareth; Sayab, Maryam (May 29, 2024). "2024: "Innovation and Technology in Peer Review"". Peer Review Week.
- ^ "Peer Review Week". Peer Review Week. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ "2022 Theme Announcement". Peer Review Week. July 6, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ "Peer Review Week 2021". Scholarly Kitchen. June 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Elements of trust in peer review (and our annual thanks)". The Lancet. September 17, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^ "Trust in peer review". Chemistry World. September 18, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^ "Celebrating Peer Review Week 2020". BMJ. September 18, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^ "The promises and pitfalls of peer review". Physics World. September 24, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^ "Peer Review Week 2020: Time to Make Peer Review An Essential Part of the ECR Experience". ECR Community blog. September 26, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Edition". Peer Review Week. April 9, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ "Peer Review Week 2019". EMBO. September 12, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
- ^ "Peer Review Week 2018: diversity and inclusion". ISMTE. September 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
- ^ "Peer Review Week 2017: Transparency in Review, and other innovations | For Researchers | Springer Nature". www.springernature.com. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
- ^ "Peer Review Week 2016". British Ecological Society. September 18, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2020.