Peer review is a central instrument for the self-governance of the scientific community and for legitimizing e.g. funding decisions made towards both scolars and society. However, it is intransparent and time-consuming, especially so because more and more publications are produced. Therefore, the need to increase its quality and reliability was often recognized in the past years. Today, additional challenges have emerged such as generative AI, the occurance of predatory journals, paper/review...