https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blo...nstitution
EXCERPT: Given the entirely appropriate degree of respect that science has for data, the ongoing discussion of peer review is often surprisingly data-free and underlain by the implicit assumption that peer review – although in need of improvement – is indispensable.
The thing is, the peer review of scientific reports is not only without documented value in advancing the scientific enterprise but, in a manner that few care to acknowledge openly, primarily serves ends that are less than noble. Peer review is widely assumed to provide an imprimatur of scientific quality (and significance) for a publication, but this is clearly not the case.
While the many flaws of peer review are clearly laid out in the literature, its failure to protect the integrity of the scientific enterprise is notable....
MORE: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blo...nstitution
EXCERPT: Given the entirely appropriate degree of respect that science has for data, the ongoing discussion of peer review is often surprisingly data-free and underlain by the implicit assumption that peer review – although in need of improvement – is indispensable.
The thing is, the peer review of scientific reports is not only without documented value in advancing the scientific enterprise but, in a manner that few care to acknowledge openly, primarily serves ends that are less than noble. Peer review is widely assumed to provide an imprimatur of scientific quality (and significance) for a publication, but this is clearly not the case.
While the many flaws of peer review are clearly laid out in the literature, its failure to protect the integrity of the scientific enterprise is notable....
MORE: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blo...nstitution