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Review Commons is a journal-independent platform that peer-reviews research papers before submission to a journal.

We thought it would be interesting to examine what we have learnt since switching to open peer review on some of the Royal Society journals

Recognising issues of diversity and inclusion in research culture and exploring ways to make the peer review process more inclusive.

We surveyed research scientists about their experience of peer review and received responses from 77 scientists across 30 countries and 6 continents.

We spoke to Catherine Talbot about her new role on Biology Letters as Preprint Editor and what she hopes to see from your submissions.

Peer review has been a cornerstone of the Royal Society publishing process since the early 1830s. Historian Aileen Fyfe discusses here the evolution of pre-publication decision making at the Royal Society, leading to the referee reports employed by journals today.

91TV has been asking for expert advice on papers submitted for publication since the 1830s, and quality (or something like it) has always been one of the elements under consideration.