Our study has several limitations worth noting. Although we stated that the number of
participants was 972, only 19 patients were actually enrolled in the study. To enhance …

Weaknesses of grants' and journals' peer reviewing or refereeing have been frequently
reported by empirical studies as well as by editorial experience. In a survey of members of …

This week the peer review system has been in the newspapers, after a survey of scientists
suggested it had some problems. That is barely news. Peer review–where articles submitted …

One of Winston Churchill's most memorable quotations comes from a speech to the House
of Commons in which he remarked that,“Democracy is the worst form of government except …

“Who cares?” And in truth until several years ago when I casually agreed to moderate a
panel on current issues in peer review, that would have been precisely my response …

Sarah Fraser MSc MD CCFP, ASSOCIATE SCIENTIFIC EDITOR The topic of peer review
was central to the plot of the 2021 movie Don't Look Up, wherein a tech company …

Journal of Clinical Practice relies heavily on volunteer peer reviewers to help decide what
gets published. An obstacle to volunteering has always been the time and effort required to …

Peer review is the cornerstone in scientific publication. Although peer review has paramount
importance in ensuring the quality of the published literature, it still has a number of …

Peer review is almost universally seen as the crux of scientific journal publishing. The role of
peer reviewers is (1) to help avoid unnecessary errors in the published article, and (2) to …

Background There is no shortage of publications about journal peer review. A Medline
search of this term (from the earliest entry to February 2003) reveals over 7800 articles, yet …