IOP Publishing (IOPP) has announced the recipients of its Outstanding Reviewer Awards for 2025, recognizing researchers who have delivered peer review reports over the past year. The awards highlight the essential contribution reviewers make in maintaining the quality, integrity, and rigor of published research. Recipients were selected from approximately 35,000 reviewers who submitted reports for IOPP journals in 2025. Journal editors evaluated nominees based on the volume, timeliness, and quality of their reviews.
Award recipients span 74 countries, reflecting the global nature of the peer review community. The largest groups of recipients are based in China, the United States, India, Italy, and Germany, with China accounting for nearly one-third of all awardees. Ten percent of award recipients are based in lower middle-income countries or territories. High-quality peer review is essential to maintaining trust in science by safeguarding the quality and integrity of academic work.
IOP Publishing provides a Peer Review Excellence certification program, described as the first free peer review training and certification initiative dedicated to the physical sciences. The program combines digital and in-person learning and includes the opportunity to review a manuscript in real time under the guidance of experienced editors and reviewers. More than 1,500 reviewers strengthened their peer review skills through this initiative in 2025.
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