Researchers to gather next week for 10th Peer Review Congress
Topics will include AI, paper mills, and scientific integrity
2025-08-25
(Press-News.org) The 10th International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication will take place Sept. 3–5 in Chicago.
Co-hosted by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the British Medical Journal (The BMJ), and the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), this once-every-four-years event serves as “peer review on peer review.” It turns the focus on the scientific publishing process itself, with the goal of improving the conduct, reporting, and dissemination of scientific research.
Since 1989, the Congress has tackled the issues of the day, from record digitization to internet-based review. This year, artificial intelligence (AI) will be the backdrop of many sessions. The full program, including poster presentations, can be found here.
The Congress embraces a wide range of disciplines, including medicine and health, mathematics, economics, computer science, engineering, and more. Participants include editors and publishers of scientific peer-reviewed journals, researchers, funders, bibliometric and informatics experts, information innovators, librarians, journalists, policymakers, ethicists, scientific information disseminators, and anyone interested in the progress of the scientific information enterprise and the quality of scientific evidence.
Registration will close at 5 p.m. CT on Aug. 26. Register online.
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