Peer Review Week

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Short description: Annual week in September

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

Peer Review Week is an annual scholarly communication event celebrating the value of peer review. It has taken place globally every September since 2015 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. The number of organizations involved in the planning of the week, including scholarly societies, university libraries, publishers, vendors, funders and more, had increased to 55 in 2025,[1] starting from "over 20" in the early years.[2]

History

Peer Review Week was founded in 2015. Founding organisations included ORCID, ScienceOpen, Sense about Science and Wiley (publisher).[3][4][2]

Themes

  • 2025: "Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era"[5]
  • 2024: "Innovation and Technology in Peer Review"[6]
  • 2023: "Peer Review and The Future of Publishing"[7]
  • 2022: "Research Integrity: Creating and supporting trust in research"[8]
  • 2021: "Identity in Peer Review"[9][10][11][12][13][14]
  • 2020: "Trust in Peer Review"[15]
  • 2019: "Quality in Peer Review"[16]
  • 2018: "Diversity in Peer Review"[17]
  • 2017: "Transparency in Peer Review"[18]
  • 2016: "Recognizing Peer Review"[19]

References

  1. "Team - Supporting Organizations". Peer Review Week. 22 April 2025. https://www.peerreviewweek.net/team.php. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Peer Review Week Is Five!". The Scholarly Kitchen. 26 June 2019. https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2019/06/26/peer-review-week-is-five/. Retrieved 6 October 2020. 
  3. "Welcome to Peer Review Week". The Scholarly Kitchen. 28 September 2015. https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2015/09/28/welcome-to-peer-review-week/. Retrieved 9 October 2020. 
  4. "Celebrate Peer Review Week 2015". Publons blog. 28 September 2015. https://publons.com/blog/celebrating-peer-review-week-2015/. Retrieved 9 October 2020. 
  5. "Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era" (PDF) (Press release). Peer Review Week 2025. September 15–19, 2025.
  6. Ghosh, Roohi; Machado, Maria; Dyke, Gareth; Sayab, Maryam (29 May 2024). "2024: "Innovation and Technology in Peer Review"". Peer Review Week. https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/05/29/peer-review-week-2024-innovation-and-technology-in-peer-review/. 
  7. "Peer Review Week" (in en). https://peerreviewweek.wordpress.com/. 
  8. "2022 Theme Announcement" (in en). 2022-07-06. https://peerreviewweek.wordpress.com/2022-edition/. 
  9. "Peer Review Week 2021". Scholarly Kitchen. June 2021. https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2021/07/12/guest-post-the-votes-are-in-announcing-this-years-peer-review-week-theme/. Retrieved 28 July 2021. 
  10. "Elements of trust in peer review (and our annual thanks)". The Lancet. 17 September 2020. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(20)30416-2/fulltext. Retrieved 9 October 2020. 
  11. "Trust in peer review". Chemistry World. 18 September 2020. https://www.chemistryworld.com/rsc/trust-in-peer-review/4012436.article. Retrieved 9 October 2020. 
  12. "Celebrating Peer Review Week 2020". BMJ. 18 September 2020. https://www.bmj.com/company/peer-review-week-2020/. Retrieved 9 October 2020. 
  13. "The promises and pitfalls of peer review". Physics World. 24 September 2020. https://physicsworld.com/a/the-promises-and-pitfalls-of-peer-review/. Retrieved 9 October 2020. 
  14. "Peer Review Week 2020: Time to Make Peer Review An Essential Part of the ECR Experience". ECR Community blog. 26 September 2020. https://ecrcommunity.plos.org/2020/09/26/peer-review-week-2020-time-to-make-peer-review-an-essential-part-of-the-ecr-experience/. Retrieved 9 October 2020. 
  15. "2020 Edition" (in en). 2020-04-09. https://peerreviewweek.wordpress.com/peer-review-week-2020/. 
  16. "Peer Review Week 2019". EMBO. 12 September 2018. https://www.embo.org/news/articles/2018/peer-review-week-2018-diversity-and-inclusion.html. Retrieved 6 October 2020. 
  17. "Peer Review Week 2018: diversity and inclusion". ISMTE. September 2019. https://www.ismte.org/page/PeerReviewWeek. Retrieved 6 October 2020. 
  18. "Peer Review Week 2017: Transparency in Review, and other innovations | For Researchers | Springer Nature". https://www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/the-source/blog/blogposts-for-peer-reviewers/transparency-in-review-and-other-innovations/16697774. 
  19. "Peer Review Week 2016". British Ecological Society. 18 September 2016. https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/peer-review-week/. Retrieved 6 October 2020.