A Social Epistemological Inquiry into Biases in Journal Peer Review

Perspectives on Science 25 (1):124-148 (2017)
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Abstract

Journal peer review is an essential part of academic practices.1 But how well does it serve its purpose and which factors have an influence on how close it comes to achieving its aims? Peer review has been widely discussed in empirical literature: it has been studied both qualitatively and quantitatively (e.g., by Cole, who in his 1992 book uses data on how grant applications submitted to National Science Foundation were...

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