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Science, Peer Review, Open Access and Controversy

Science, Peer Review, Open Access and Controversy

Following Nature's Future of Publishing special issue this spring, Science has just published a similar series of articles. Needless to say, there is a definite ideological bent to the articles included in both and more misleading information about open access.

Secretive and subjective, peer review proves resistant to study

Secretive and subjective, peer review proves resistant to study

At the International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication, efforts to explore the scientific literature have shifted away from peer review and into other areas, such as bias and authorship. With a dearth of available data and funding, large systematic studies of how peer review works and doesn't aren't easy to get off the ground.