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XSci Open Review Competition 2026

100 papers.
100 expert reviews.
On us.

Not selected? Your paper keeps its DOI and its public AI referee report, you can answer that report on the same page, and you get $49 off XSci Human Review service.

  • $500 award per certified paper with a public report
  • 100 papers get a paid expert review
  • Free to enter, any discipline

Opens 25 September 2026
Closes 30 November 2026, 23:59 AoE

Enter the competition

Results by the end of December. Method, discipline breakdown and what went wrong: all published.

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  • What you get
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