Background: The prevalence of chronic low back pain and related disability is rapidly
increasing as are the myriad treatments, including epidural injections. Even though epidural …

Along with inadequate access to high-quality care, competing health priorities, fragile health
systems, and conflicts, there is an associated delay in evidence generation and research …

This paper is based on research commissioned by the Wellcome Trust in 2015 and
catalogues current initiatives and trends in the systems and processes surrounding peer …

Feedback provided by peer reviewers plays a pivotal role in any journal peer-review model.
Peer-review feedback helps authors reconsider their manuscripts in a new light and improve …

Publishing scholarly articles in traditional and newly-launched journals is a responsible task,
requiring diligence from authors, reviewers, editors, and publishers. The current generation …

Abstract Purpose Tarlov cysts (TCs) are dilations of nerve roots arising from pathologically
increased hydrostatic pressure (HP) in the spinal canal. There is much controversy …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic increased the gender gap in academic publishing.
This study assesses COVID-19's impact on ophthalmology gender authorship distribution …

The peer review process is today's institutionalized core of the scientific publication and
scholarly activities. The first ever peer review documented was in 1731 when the Royal …

The peer review process provides a foundation for the credibility of scientific findings in
medicine. The following article discusses the history of peer review in scientific and medical …

Background There is a power imbalance between authors and reviewers in single-blind
peer review. We explored how switching from single-blind to double-blind peer review …