The purpose of peer review is to separate the wheat from the chaff, the good from the bad, the brilliant from the clinically insane – you get the picture. But why? Why filter and not just let anybody publish whatever they want? [Read more…] about Peer Review, Part 5: The Importance of Gatekeepers
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Peer Review, Part 4: Good Reasons for Bad Papers
As a reviewer, you might sometimes ask yourself why people write so many bad papers. And why they bother submitting them. I certainly do. But where do they come from? Who submits bad papers? And why? It may come as a surprise, but there are good reasons to submit bad papers for review. [Read more…] about Peer Review, Part 4: Good Reasons for Bad Papers
Peer Review, Part 3: A Taxonomy of Bad Papers
Reviewing is great when you get a good paper where you can make some suggestions to make it even better, and everybody’s happy. Bad papers are much less fun, but they are also much more common. Here are some examples I’ve seen and that I keep seeing. [Read more…] about Peer Review, Part 3: A Taxonomy of Bad Papers