Three Decades of Peer Review Congresses

Journal peer review is often time-consuming, arduous and fraught with suspicion, not least because the identities of reviewers usually remain hidden from the authors. Despite these flaws, and the fundamental problem that the efficiency and effectiveness of peer review have yet to be measured satisfa...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2018-01, Vol.319 (4), p.350-353
Main Authors: Rennie, Drummond, Flanagin, Annette
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Congresses as Topic - history
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Medical research
Peer review
Peer Review, Research
Periodicals as Topic - history
Publication Bias
Reviews
Scientific method
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Summary:Journal peer review is often time-consuming, arduous and fraught with suspicion, not least because the identities of reviewers usually remain hidden from the authors. Despite these flaws, and the fundamental problem that the efficiency and effectiveness of peer review have yet to be measured satisfactorily, authors, editors, reviewers, and readers have become comfortable with it. Here, Rennie and Flanagin detail the initiative to replace "biomedical" with "scientific" in an effort to broaden the scope and engage researchers, editors, and others in all sciences.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2017.20606