The peer review process

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Chapter 8 in Publish or Perish, 2024, pp 141-164 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Peer review is the process that determines whether or not a paper gets published in a journal. While peer review can be advocated on the grounds that it is necessary for ensuring the quality of published research, many critical scientific discoveries are the products of work that was not subject to the peer review process. A large number of academics believe that the peer review process is defective, flawed, and that it is full of easily identified defects with little evidence that it works. An economist goes as far as describing the peer review process as a conduit to “academic prostitution”. Albert Einstein is known to have resented the peer review process, which he came across for the first time after he had moved to America.

Keywords: Asian Studies; Business and Management; Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Education; Environment; Geography; Innovations and Technology; Law - Academic; Politics and Public Policy Research Methods; Sociology and Social Policy; General Academic Interest; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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