[Asis-l] Re: [SIGMETRICS] Peer review

[Albert Henderson]

If you are interested in the strengths and weaknesses
of peer review, you might also check the following:

Henderson, Albert. 2001. Undermining peer review. 
Society. 38,2:47-54. Jan./Feb. 2001
Subscribers can view this issue at:  
http://www.catchword.com/rpsv/catchword/tranpub/01472011/contp1.htm

U.S. General Accounting Office. June, 1994. Peer Review. 
Reforms Needed to Ensure Fairness in Federal Agency Grant 
Selection. Report to the Chairman, Committee on Governmental 
Affairs, U. S. Senate. GAO/PEMD-94-1.


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Date:	1/23/2003  6:51 PM

RE:	Re: [SIGMETRICS] Peer review

 
This is probably the reference you are looking for:

Effects of Editorial Peer Review - A Systematic Review
Tom Jefferson, MD; Philip Alderson, MBChB; Elizabeth Wager, MA; Frank
Davidoff, MD
JAMA, Vol. 287 No. 21, June 5, 2002
http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v287n21/abs/jrv10095.html

Mogens Henrik Sørensen

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From: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics
[mailto:SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU]On Behalf Of Benoit Godin
Sent: 21. januar 2003 19:34
To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU
Subject: Re: [SIGMETRICS] Peer review


I search in vain for days for the study itself. Any idea of where it can be
found?

Benoît Godin
Professeur - INRS
Canadian Science and Innovation Indicators Consortium (CSIIC)/
Consortium canadien sur les indicateurs de science et d'innovation (CSIIC)
www.csiic.ca
Project on the History and Sociology of S&T Statistics
www.inrs-ucs.uquebec.ca/inc/CV/godinpub.htm
e-mail: <mailto:benoit_godin at inrs-urb.uquebec.ca>



-----Original Message-----
From: Quentin L. Burrell [mailto:quentinburrell at MANX.NET]
Sent: 16 janvier, 2003 17:19
To: SIGMETRICS at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU
Subject: [SIGMETRICS] Peer review


Members might be interested in this piece.

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Research

Trial by peers comes up short

Sophie Petit-Zeman examines the 200-year practice of peer review
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/story/0,9865,875363,00.html

For more research news:
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/

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Quentin Burrell