Peer Review Week is an annual scholarly communication event celebrating the value of peer review. It takes place globally during the September 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, with the most recent focussing on "Identity in Peer Review".[1][2][3][4][5] Over 35 organizations now participate in the planning of the week, including scholarly societies, university libraries, publishers, vendors, funders and more.

Peer Review Week
SignificanceCelebrates the importance of peer review
Begins2016
Date25-29 September
2023 date25 September
FrequencyAnnual



History edit

Peer Review Week was founded in 2015. Founding organisations included ORCID, ScienceOpen, Sense about Science and Wiley (publisher).[6][7][8]

Theme edit

  • In 2023, the theme is “Peer Review and The Future of Publishing”[9]
  • In 2022, the theme was "Research Integrity: Creating and supporting trust in research"[10]
  • In 2021, the theme was "Identity in Peer Review"[11]
  • In 2020, the theme was “Trust in Peer Review”[12]
  • In 2019, the theme was “Quality in Peer Review”[13]
  • In 2018, the theme was “Diversity in Peer Review”[14]
  • In 2017, the theme was “Transparency in Peer Review”[15]
  • In 2016, the theme was “Recognizing Peer Review”[16]

References edit

  1. ^ "Elements of trust in peer review (and our annual thanks)". The Lancet. September 17, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "Trust in peer review". Chemistry World. September 18, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  3. ^ "Celebrating Peer Review Week 2020". BMJ. September 18, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  4. ^ "The promises and pitfalls of peer review". Physics World. September 24, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Welcome to Peer Review Week". The Scholarly Kitchen. September 28, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  7. ^ "Celebrate Peer Review Week 2015". Publons blog. September 28, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  8. ^ "Peer Review Week Is Five!". The Scholarly Kitchen. June 26, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  9. ^ "Peer Review Week". Peer Review Week. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  10. ^ "2022 Theme Announcement". Peer Review Week. July 6, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  11. ^ "Peer Review Week 2021". Scholarly Kitchen. June 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  12. ^ "2020 Edition". Peer Review Week. April 9, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  13. ^ "Peer Review Week 2019". EMBO. September 12, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  14. ^ "Peer Review Week 2018: diversity and inclusion". ISMTE. September 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  15. ^ "Peer Review Week 2017: Transparency in Review, and other innovations | For Researchers | Springer Nature". www.springernature.com. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  16. ^ "Peer Review Week 2016". British Ecological Society. September 18, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2020.

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