(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Joshua Winowiecki, Michigan State University (THE CONVERSATION) >Reviewer 1: “This ...

Traditionally, scientific publishing happened behind the scenes, with only the final product of a new scientific article shared with the research community at the end of the process. The efforts of ...

Academics may be leaning on a novel strategy to influence peer review of their research papers — adding hidden prompts designed to coax AI tools to deliver positive feedback. Nikkei Asia reports that ...

None of the most widely used large language models (LLMs) that are rapidly upending how humanity is acquiring knowledge has faced independent peer review in a research journal. It’s a notable absence.

WTF?! A new development in academic publishing has been uncovered in a recent investigation: researchers are embedding hidden instructions in preprint manuscripts to influence artificial intelligence ...

The scientific journal Nature wants to show people the nitty gritty of academic publishing. In a Monday editorial, the journal announced it would include peer review files with the papers it publishes ...

Researchers have been sneaking secret messages into their papers in an effort to trick artificial intelligence (AI) tools into giving them a positive peer-review report. Authors of the studies ...

(THE CONVERSATION) >Reviewer 1: “This manuscript is a timely and important contribution to the field, with clear methodology and compelling results. I recommend publication with only minor revisions.” ...