This year’s Peer Review Week (PRW), an annual event led by academic publishers, institutions, societies, and researchers, will be dedicated to the theme “Identity in Peer Review.” During the week of September 20 – 24, participating organizations will organize virtual events and activities to highlight the role of personal and social identity in peer review and ways the scholarly community can foster more diverse, equitable, and inclusive peer review practices.
The 2021 PRW theme, which is the first to be selected via an open global survey, comes at an apt time. Recent social justice movements in response to systemic inequities, many of which the COVID-19 pandemic has magnified, have caused individuals and organizations worldwide to take a more critical lens to the interplay between personal, professional, and cultural identity. Within academia, there has been increased emphasis on taking steps to ensure that the research literature reflects and amplifies diverse voices — and the ways in which we conduct peer review are essential to that.
All scholarly and scientific societies, peer reviewers, researchers, editors, publishers, libraries, universities, funding bodies, and anyone interested in the advancement of high-quality research are invited to join this celebration and learning experience during Peer Review Week.
Peer Review Week is a global event celebrating the essential role that peer review plays in maintaining research quality. It brings together individuals, institutions, and organizations committed to sharing the central message that good peer review, whatever shape or form it might take, is critical to scholarly communications.
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