Peer Review: A Critical Inquiry (Issues in Academic Ethics) - Brossura

Shatz, David

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ISBN 10: 0742514358 ISBN 13: 9780742514355

Casa editrice: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004

Riassunto

Peer review is the process by which submissions to journals and presses are evaluated with regard to suitability for publication. Armed with the results of numerous empirical studies, critics have leveled a variety of harsh charges against peer review such as: reviewers and editors are biased toward authors from prestigious institutions, peer review is biased toward established ideas, and it does a poor job of detecting errors and fraud. While an immense literature has sprouted on peer review in the sciences and social sciences, Peer Review is the first book-length, wide-ranging study of peer review that utilizes methods and resources of contemporary philosophy. Its six chapters cover the following topics: the tension between peer review and the liberal notion that truth emerges when ideas proliferate in the marketplace of ideas; arguments for and against blind review of submissions; the alleged conservatism of peer review; the anomalous nature of book reviewing; the status of non-peer-reviewed publications, such as invited articles or Internet publications, in tenure and promotion cases; and the future of peer review in the age of the Internet. The author has also included several key readings about peer review.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

David Shatz is professor of philosophy at Yeshiva University. He has published articles and reviews in the fields of epistemology, free will, philosophy of religion, medical ethics, medieval Jewish philosophy, and contemporary Jewish philosophy.

Product Description:

Book by Shatz David

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0742514358
• ISBN 13: 9780742514355
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 264