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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]
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday May 24 2018, @08:50AM (2 children)
Because using taxes for the initial experiments worked so well in the first place that now independent replication is necessary. But how independent will said replication be when they have the same funding source?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 25 2018, @06:07PM (1 child)
You don't understand science, do you?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday May 26 2018, @03:26AM