Peer review of research articles is a core part of our scholarly communication system. In
spite of its importance, the status and purpose of peer review is often contested. What is its …

In this chapter, we propose evaluation and decision-making as activities which, properly
reconstructed from conventional norms, can be leveraged to change who and what receives …

There are long-standing concerns that peer review, which is foundational to scientific
institutions like journals and funding agencies, favors conservative ideas over novel ones …

The global Covid-19 pandemic has had a considerable impact on the scientific enterprise,
including scholarly publication and peer-review practices. Several studies have assessed …

Novel ideas often experience resistance from incumbent forces. While evidence of the bias
against novelty has been widely identified in science, there is still a lack of large‐scale …

Research articles often give inaccurate information about how researchers developed
hypotheses, analyzed data, and drew conclusions. Published articles sometimes report only …

Organizations that desire creativity often use groups like task forces, decision panels, and
selection committees with the primary purpose of evaluating novel ideas. Those groups …

In this paper, we analyze the role of science and technology studies (STS) journal editors in
organizing and maintaining the peer review economy. We specifically conceptualize peer …

Soil microbial ecology is a relatively young research field that became established around
the middle of the 20th century and has grown considerably since then. We analyze two …

Over the past decade, the phenomenon of “fake” peer reviews has caused growing
consternation among scholarly publishers. Yet despite the significant behind-the-scenes …