Improving the peer-review system: Opinion

In an article for University World News, University of Hong Kong scholars Hugo Horta and Jisun Jung propose three solutions to the crisis facing peer-review processes. The authors write that writers, editors, and reviewers are at capacity due to journals receiving a high volume of submissions. Instead of replacing the peer-review system altogether, Horta and Jung argue that it should be fine-tuned to become more inclusive, provide incentives to participants, and model transparency. The authors conclude by noting that the challenges that peer review is facing present an opportunity “to adapt to a fast-evolving scientific system” that followed a more “participatory, complex, and global” model with the goal of a “more inclusive, transparent, and fairly rewarded assessment of scientific works.”

University World News