Table 2.
Evolving factors that may affect peer-review in the near and mid-term future
| Advent of AI and large language models |
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| Expanding scientific workforce |
| Reward systems in research and academia |
| Diversification of publishing modes |
| Advent of mega-journals |
| Predatory and unethical practices (e.g., paper mills, citation cartels) |
| Peer-reviewer fatigue |
| New standards, methods, and influence of postpublication review |
| Interface between science and society, review in media, social media, and infodemics |