A new international study, by Mark Ware Consulting, of over 3,000 senior authors, reviewers and editors shows that researchers want to improve, not change, the system of peer review for journal articles.  They believe that it helps to improve scientific communications and increases the overall quality of published papers. The full report, ‘Peer Review in Scholarly Journals: perspective of the scholarly community, An international study’, can be accessed on the PRC site at http://www.publishingresearch.net. A summary report, “Peer Review: Benefits, Perceptions and Alternatives”, is also available.