A lot to think about in my annual roundup of peer review research:
— AI, mostly bad, but some suggestions of ways it may help
— State of evidence on financial incentives for peer review
— Studies on the influence of editors' biases
& more on equity and diversity, & librarians & systematic reviews
https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2026/02/02/5-things-we-learned-about-journal-peer-review-in-2025/