Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance Aspergillus flavus strain MUCL54911 by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Fernando Alvarez, Maria Arena, Domenica Auteri, Marco Binaglia, Anna Federica Castoldi, Arianna Chiusolo, Angelo Colagiorgi, Mathilde Colas, Federica Crivellente, Chloe De Lentdecker, Mark Egsmose, Gabriella Fait, Franco Ferilli, Varvara Gouliarmou, Laia Herrero Nogareda, Alessio Ippolito, Frederique Istace, Samira Jarrah, Dimitra Kardassi, Aude Kienzler, Anna Lanzoni, Roberto Lava, Renata Leuschner, Alberto Linguadoca, Christopher Lythgo, Oriol Magrans, Iris Mangas, Ileana Miron, Tunde Molnar, Laura Padovani, Juan Manuel Parra Morte, Rositsa Serafimova, Rachel Sharp, Csaba Szentes, Andrea Terron, Anne Theobald, Manuela Tiramani, Laura Villamar‐Bouza

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Statistical analysis and reporting: common errors found during peer review and how to avoid them by Gillian Worthy

“… When performing statistical peer review for Swiss Medical Weekly papers there often appear to be common errors or recurring themes regarding the reporting of study designs, statistical analysis methods, results and their interpretation. …”
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Models for the retention of duplicate genes and their biological underpinnings [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Amanda E. Wilson, David A. Liberles, Malgorzata M. O'Reilly, Gavin Conant, Barbara Holland, Raquel Assis

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Authors' Response to Peer Reviews of “Effects of Pharmacogenomic Testing in Clinical Pain Management: Retrospective Study” by Christian Tagwerker, Mary Jane Carias-Marines, David J Smith

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Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment for the active substance thiabendazole in light of confirmatory data submitted by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Fernando Alvarez, Maria Arena, Domenica Auteri, Marco Binaglia, Anna Federica Castoldi, Arianna Chiusolo, Angelo Colagiorgi, Mathilde Colas, Federica Crivellente, Chloe De Lentdecker, Franco Ferilli, Alessio Ippolito, Frederique Istace, Dimitra Kardassi, Aude Kienzler, Anna Lanzoni, Alberto Linguadoca, Iris Mangas, Tunde Molnar, Juan Manuel Parra Morte, Rachel Sharp, Csaba Szentes, Andrea Terron, Manuela Tiramani, Laura Villamar‐Bouza

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Chromosome-scale assembly of the yellow mealworm genome [version 3; peer review: 2 approved] by Thomas Lefebvre, Sona Gasparian, Thierry Rigaud, Yannick Moret, Karine Labadie-Bretheau, Benoît Vacherie, Mohammed-Amin Madoui, Jean-Marc Aury, Evangelia Eleftheriou, Benjamin Noel, Benjamin Istace, Fabrice Berro, Caroline Belser

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Lithium and coronaviral infections. A scoping review. [version 2; peer review: 3 approved] by Jan K. Nowak, Jarosław Walkowiak

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Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment for the active substance penthiopyrad in light of confirmatory data submitted by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Jorge Borroto, Alba Brancato, Luis Carrasco Cabrera, Anna Federica Castoldi, Arianna Chiusolo, Angelo Colagiorgi, Mathilde Colas, Federica Crivellente, Chloe De Lentdecker, Mark Egsmose, Gabriella Fait, Varvara Gouliarmou, Franco Ferilli, Luna Greco, Frederique Istace, Samira Jarrah, Dimitra Kardassi, Roberto Lava, Renata Leuschner, Christopher Lythgo, Oriol Magrans, Iris Mangas, Ileana Miron, Tunde Molnar, Laura Padovani, Juan Manuel Parra Morte, Ragnor Pedersen, Hermine Reich, Miguel Santos, Rositsa Serafimova, Andrea Terron, Manuela Tiramani, Benedicte Vagenende

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Peer Review of “Social Media Polarization and Echo Chambers in the Context of COVID-19: Case Study” by Wayne Buente

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Tourette syndrome research highlights from 2020 [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Cyril Atkinson-Clement, Kevin Black, Andreas Hartmann, Christel Depienne

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The shape of the international order: the case study of AUKUS [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Lailufar Yasmin, Rashed Uz Zaman

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Using Peer Review for Student Performance Enhancement: Experiences in a Multidisciplinary Higher Education Setting by Juan Jose Serrano-Aguilera, Alicia Tocino, Sergio Fortes, Cristian Martín, Pere Mercadé-Melé, Rafael Moreno-Sáez, Antonio Muñoz, Sara Palomo-Hierro, Antoni Torres

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Importance of the peer review process in scientific publications - proposed way of working for a new journal by Paul SESTRAS

“… Typically, in scientific publications, peer review processes are used to maintain the quality standards of the research activity and its results presented in manuscripts submitted for publication, to improve performance, relevance and give them credibility. …”
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Data Note: The Digital Ludeme Project Database [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Cameron Browne, Matthew Stephenson, Walter Crist

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Helping editors, peer reviewers and authors improve the clarity, completeness and transparency of reporting health research. by Moher, D, Simera, I, Schulz, K, Hoey, J, Altman, D

A new reader trial approach to peer review in funding research grants: An Australian experiment by Jayasinghe, U, Marsh, H, Bond, N

“…Peer reviews are highly valued in academic life, but are notoriously unreliable. …”

Are peer reviewers encouraged to use reporting guidelines? A survey of 116 health research journals. by Hirst, A, Altman, D

“…Reporting guidelines are tools that in addition to helping authors prepare better manuscripts may help peer reviewers in assessing them. We examined journals' instructions to peer reviewers to see if and how reviewers are encouraged to use them. …”

Analysis of on-trial quality assurance for the SPARC clinical trial using novel peer-review methodology by Holyoake, D, Robinson, M, Grose, D, McIntosh, D, Radhakrishna, G, Sebag-Montefiore, D, Hawkins, M

A near peer review task for Japanese language learning / Hiroaki Umehara and Greta Gorsuch by Hiroaki, Umehara, Greta, Gorsuch

“…In order to fill this gap in the literature, this study investigated a near peer review task, an extension of peer correction tasks. …”
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Effect of peer review and tutor conferencing on English as a second language learners’ writing performance by Mukundan, Jayakaran, Nimehchisalem, Vahid

“…In the present study, a group of learners were observed in the process of an English as a Second Language (ESL) writing course in order to investigate the effect of peer reviewing and tutor conferencing on learners’ writing performance in their narratives. …”
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