Giangiacomo Bravo

TL;DR: In this paper, consumption-based measures offer an insightful perspective on the debate on the relationship between economic growth and the environment, and they have been shown to be useful in the context of economic forecasting.

TL;DR: It is found that publishing reports did not significantly compromise referees’ willingness to review, recommendations, or turn-around times, and suggest that open peer review does not compromise the process, at least when referees are able to protect their anonymity.

TL;DR: The Human Sustainable Development Index (HSDI) as discussed by the authors has been proposed as a way to amend the United Nations Human Development Index by adding an environmental dimension, but despite some attention in the media, the HSDI remained largely ignored by the scientific community.

TL;DR: The authors found that during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an unusually high submission rate of scholarly articles, which may have penalized the scientific productivity of women.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors demonstrate that offering material rewards to referees tends to decrease the quality and efficiency of the reviewing process, and support the idea that journal editors and responsible of research funding agencies should be extremely careful in offering material incentives on reviewing, since these might undermine moral motives which guide referees' behavior.