Nature Journal to Publish Files on Peer Review to Open Up ‘Black Box’ of Science

All peer review files will be made public for Nature articles, the journal says.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services at the Hubert H. Humphrey building in Washington on April 28, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The scientific journal Nature is going to publish files showing the peer review process for all manuscripts moving forward, editors said on June 16.

“The exchanges between the referees and the authors will be accessible to all. Our aim in doing so is to open up what many see as the ‘black box’ of science, shedding light on how a research paper is made,” the editors said in an editorial. “This serves to increase transparency and (we hope) to build trust in the scientific process.”