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Celebrate Peer Review Week 2025 with ACSE

Rethinking Peer Review in the Age of AI

September 15–19, 2025

Join us for a week of global conversations, regional insights, and expert-led panels as we explore how AI is transforming the peer review landscape across disciplines, borders, and publishing models.

Industry Solutions

Publisher Perspective

AI in Peer Review: A Game Changer or a Governance Challenge?

As part of celebrating Peer Review Week 2025, ACSE is hosting this session to bring together leading publishers to discuss how AI is transforming peer review workflows, enhancing efficiency while raising important questions about governance, transparency, and trust. Hear real-world strategies, policy responses, and emerging best practices from some of the industry’s most influential voices.

Who Should Attend: Publishers, editorial managers, peer review coordinators, policy makers, and anyone involved in journal operations or research integrity.

  • Category: Panel Discussion
  • Date: Monday, 15 Sep 2025
  • Time: 03:00 - 04:00 PM Dubai Time
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Panelists

Hong Zhou

Senior Director of AI Products & Innovation, Wiley

Lucy Threadgold

Peer Review Lead at Emerald Publishing

Simone Ragavooloo

Research Integrity Portfolio Manager, Frontiers

Daniel Stuckey

Senior Publishing Ethics Expert, Elsevier

Editor-in-Chief’s Perspective

Editorial Gatekeeping in the Age of Generative AI

As part of Peer Review Week 2025 celebrations, ACSE will host this engaging conversation with senior editors, sharing first-hand insights on navigating the challenges of AI in peer review, from policy development to ethical decision-making. This candid discussion will explore how editorial leaders are safeguarding quality, addressing bias, and preparing for the next phase of AI integration.

Who Should Attend: Editors-in-chief, associate editors, editorial board members, peer reviewers, and researchers interested in the future of editorial decision-making.

  • Category: Panel Discussion
  • Date: Wednesday, 17 Sep 2025
  • Time: 03:00 - 04:00 PM Dubai Time
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Panelists

Laura Dormer

Editor-in-Chief, Learned Publishing

Alaina Webster

Co-Editor-in-Chief, EON by ISMTE

Jonathan Schultz

Editor-in-Chief, Science Editor & Director of Journal Operations at the American Heart Association

Global Perspective

One System, Many Contexts: International Reflections on AI in Peer Review

Celebrating Peer Review Week 2025, ACSE is hosting this global panel exploring how AI is reshaping peer review across diverse publishing systems, languages, and cultural contexts. Experts will discuss the opportunities, risks, and strategies for ensuring globally inclusive, equitable, and transparent peer review practices.

Who Should Attend: International publishers, academic society representatives, regional journal editors, research policy makers, and anyone interested in cross-cultural perspectives on AI in scholarly publishing.

  • Category: Panel Discussion
  • Date: Thursday, 18 Sep 2025
  • Time: 05:00 - 06:00 PM Dubai Time
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Panelists

Sven Fund

Director ACSE & Managing Director, Reviewer Credits

Zeger Karssen

Founder & CEO, World Brain Scholar

Shehnaz Ahmed

Director of Research and Publishing, British Association of Dermatologists

Jason Hu

Council Member, COPE & Director of Research Integrity, Taylor & Francis