The UK Parliament’s Science and Technology Committee has launched an inquiry into the operation and effectiveness of the peer review process.
Issues it is likely to examine include: peer review’s strengths and weaknesses as a quality control mechanism for scientists, publishers and the public; measures to strengthen it; its value and use in advancing and testing scientific knowledge, and in informing public debate; how far it varies between scientific disciplines, and around the world; the way reviewers are identified, as the volume of multidisciplinary research increases; the impact of IT and the greater use of online resources; and possible alternatives to peer review.
The Committee welcomes written submissions by Thursday March 2011 from scientists whose material has been peer-reviewed, those who commission peer reviews, and those who carry out peer review.
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