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Becoming and being a peer reviewer is an important role to play in the scholarly landscape. Without reviewers continuing to commit time and passion to their peer review role, the integrity of research would be harder to uphold.

We recognise that life as an academic is often tough and want to support you in your journey to becoming a reviewer, or if you’re an established reviewer to lighten the load with access to tools and resources that we hope you will find helpful.

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Our approach to peer review

We peer review to help you publish with clarity, credibility, and confidence. Find out more about our principles to fair and equitable peer review and why being inclusive to everyone are important aspects of our peer review processes.

Our stance on AI

Our stance on AI tools in content creation and the peer review process

Our stance on AI tools and authorship

Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era

Peer review weekFor Peer Review Week 2025, the theme is ‘Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era’. 

AI systems continue to transform the scholarly publishing landscape. But as these tools grow more powerful, so do the questions surrounding their responsible use. 

So, in support of Peer Review Week 2025, we’ve pulled together a selection of resources, research and viewpoints that may help answer questions you have around AI, not only for your own use, but how it’s used at Emerald, too. 

Hear from Emerald’s peer review experts

Meet Scheherazade and Lucy, our Peer Review Editor Lead’s at Emerald. 

With an ever-evolving landscape, Lucy and Scheherazade are continually listening to our communities, monitoring developments, staying informed and keeping Emerald at the forefront of any new developments. 

Here’s their thoughts on how peer review is evolving and how Emerald is responding. 

Scheherazade Khan

Lucy Threadgold

Re-inventing peer review

Lucy Threadgold joins host Nikesh Gosalia via the Insights Xchange podcast, to discuss how AI is poised to reshape the peer review process.

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A spotlight on topical research, journals and call for papers

 
Artificial intelligence in education

Gold open access journal: Artificial Intelligence in Education

Artificial Intelligence in Education is an open access, peer reviewed journal. It publishes articles from original research studies on topics relating to the applications of AI at any stage of education and from either a disciplinary or interdisciplinary perspective. 

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Call for papers

Special issue: Critical Studies Perspectives on AI’s Impact in Education 

Journal: Information and Learning Sciences 

For this special issue, we’re inviting papers that critically examine the use of AI in EdTech. 

Submissions open: 15 October 2025

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Perspectives and resources on equitable peer review

Equitable peer review is really important to us here at Emerald, and we know it is important to you too. We’ve collated perspectives, articles, blogs and resources from a number of different contributors, all available for you to read and share.

A publisher’s view: three years later

With Peer Review Week upon us once again, we embrace the chance to look more closely at what peer review looks like at Emerald Publishing.

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Research integrity in the age of innovation and technology: a conversation with Laura Etchells

Emerald’s Head of Research Integrity, Laura Etchells, discusses the current state of play, the challenges ahead and what we’re putting in place to help shape the future role of peer review.

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Mind the gap: Towards gender parity in the peer review process

Given the persistent and unconscious nature of gender bias in the publication process, the underrepresentation of women is a problem that will not solve itself.

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Women in peer review

Despite the essential role of women in the publication process in general, they remain low in representation within the scholarly community compared to men.

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Benefits of diverse peer review: a publisher’s view

What are the benefits of having more identities in the peer review process, and how can we encourage more identities to be represented in the peer review process?

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How can an editor create a more equitable, diverse and inclusive peer review process?

In this blog, we hear from Professor Nataša Rupčić, Editor-in-Chief of The Learning Organization, on creating a more equitable, diverse and inclusive peer review process.

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Celebrating the important role of reviewers in academic research

Reviewers ensure the highest integrity of scholarly work, and are passionate about their roles and research disciplines.

Find out more about the importance of reviewers in this short video.

Access to other resources

We have a number of partners at Emerald publishing that also have resources on becoming a reviewer.

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Peer review hub

If you are involved with peer review, or want to become a reviewer, visit our peer review hub with everything you need to get started.

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