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Communicable episode 37: ‘Peer review is broken’

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Contrary to popular belief, peer review has only recently been an integral step in scientific publishing. Currently seen by many as a badge of honour, ensuring that published research is valid, innovative, and honest, peer review seems in reality to be increasingly thankless, exploitative, and sometimes invisible. How did we get here? In this episode of Communicable, Annie Joseph and Angela Huttner are joined by two experts, Melinda Baldwin and Serge Horbach, to unpack and examine the role of peer review, why it is still essential, and how it fits within the greater editorial process.

Source: CMI Communications

DOI: 10.1016/j.cmicom.2025.105164

Authors: Kathryn Hostettler, Melinda Baldwin, Serge P.J.M. Horbach, Amelia Joseph, Angela Huttner

Institutions: European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Maryland, College Park, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Geneva, University Hospital of Geneva

Language: English

Topic: Publishing and Scholarly Communication

Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,520

OpenAlex ID: W7114897829

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