Peer review can be stressful, even for the most seasoned scholarly writers. Will the reviewers “get” your book project or pan it? There is always a degree of uncertainty. But a negative review ...
Regarding the article "Critics Sharpen Assault On Peer Review" by Paul McCarthy (The Scientist, May 30, 1994, page 1): While peer review is certainly not perfect, those of us who depend on it are well ...
Despite its importance as the ultimate gatekeeper of scientific publication and funding, peer review is known to engender bias, incompetence, excessive expense, ineffectiveness, and corruption. A ...