Posts about: Peer review

Peer review isn’t perfect − I know because I teach others how to do it and I’ve seen firsthand how it comes up short

Peer review isn’t perfect − I know because I teach others how to do it and I’ve seen firsthand how it comes up short

When I teach research methods, a major focus is peer review. As a process, peer review evaluates academic papers for their quality, integrity and impact on a field, largely shaping what scientists accept as “knowledge.” By instinct, any academic follows up a new idea with the question, “Was that peer reviewed?” Although I believe in the […]…