Responsible and rigorous peer review is critical to the academic publishing process. Over the past two years, researchers have not only faced a global pandemic but have also had to manage an overwhelming flood of requests to review manuscripts. The pandemic has left the already-strained peer review system in a state of burnout. Editors, publishers, and researchers continuously ask themselves: How can we improve and yet simplify this essential process? What can we do to support researchers and peer reviewers in sustainable and equitable ways? Join us in this dynamic conversation as speakers discuss how all stakeholders can strike the right balance between streamlining peer review to deal with increasing research output and ensuring that it is thorough enough to uncover critical issues and ethical problems. Strategies for how the academic publishing community can protect and support this essential workflow will also be explored.

With research output rapidly growing and the increased pressure to publish more and do it faster, no publisher or society has been spared when it comes to research integrity and publishing ethics problems. While it is tempting to hide these challenges in the shadows, we propose an open discussion of what's gone wrong, what we did to overcome and learn, and how we can do better going forward. By sharing our stories and collective experiences, we can better support industry-wide efforts with a broader community of practice across publishers, societies, authors, and editors.

Safeguarding research integrity is a topic of increasing concern and attention within scholarly publishing. The headlines often feature the sleuths working outside publishing companies, but what about those who work within our organizations? How do publishers organize their research integrity operations, and how do they staff them? What is the scope of the work across the publishing workflow? What skills are needed and what career pathways exist in this area of expertise? Join us as Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Chef in The Scholarly Kitchen, explores these questions and more with distinguished panelists who will share their perspectives and experiences concerning the pivotal role of research integrity operations within scholarly publishing companies.