Background: Double-blind placebo-controlled trials are intended to control for the impact of expectancy on outcomes. Whether they always achieve this is, however, questionable. Methods: Reanalysis of ...

Can peer review be improved by withholding information from referees? There is some evidence to suggest it might be, but the jury is still out, reports Alastair Brown. Peer review is a hallmark of a ...

Nature Biotechnology, together with Nature and its sister journals, is now offering anonymity to authors during the peer-review process. Starting in March, Nature Biotechnology will experiment with an ...