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We Must Demand Evidence of Peer Review

posted by martyb on Wednesday May 23 2018, @08:20AM   
from the peerless-recommendation dept.

canopic jug writes:

The Scientist has an opinion piece that insufficient evidence of peer review is happening in scholarly publishing. In it, the author writes a call for publishing of anonymized peer reviews.

Scientific rigor demands that claims be substantiated by evidence. If I claim that gene A regulates gene B and provide no evidence, my claim will be dismissed. It must be dismissed. Yet, if a journal claims to conduct peer review and provides no evidence of it, the claim is rarely dismissed.

However, given the specialized nature of some disciplines and the small number of researchers, it is likely that the anonymity would not last for long. How do Soylentils weigh in on the opinion piece?

[Ed's Comment: The link is unreliable, but patience tends to get through eventually]

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• How peer review generally works How peer review generally works (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 23 2018, @01:42PM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 23 2018, @01:42PM (#683099)

  Here's a thorough explanation of how the peer review system we have today generally works in practice:

  https://thelogicofscience.com/2016/08/29/who-reviews-scientific-papers-and-how-do-reviews-work/ [thelogicofscience.com]

  Unless you’re someone who has actually published several peer-reviewed scientific papers themselves and has first-hand experience of the process the way the author of that blog post has, please read though it first before chiming in with opinions or suggestions on how the peer review process can be improved or complaining that it’s bunk.

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• Re:How peer review generally works Re:How peer review generally works (Score: 4, Interesting) by melikamp on Wednesday May 23 2018, @02:30PM (1 child)

  by melikamp (1886) on Wednesday May 23 2018, @02:30PM (#683115) Journal

  Hahahaha I love how down in the comments ラルフ・Ｃ・ベルモンド is tearing this article to shreds. While I agree with the critic, props to the author for publishing the peer review trail of his own post :)

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  • Re:How peer review generally works (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday May 23 2018, @05:34PM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday May 23 2018, @05:34PM (#683177) Journal

    You could say he's giving it a real whipping...

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