Beware of bias in peer review (Introduction)

by David Turell , Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 14:37 (5343 days ago)

Peer review is supposed to purify scientific publications. It is a later addition to a publication process that years ago simply had editors who made their own judgments. The following study identifies that non-neutral bias is easily identifiable among reviewers. They like positive rather than neutral or negative results. -http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090914/full/news.2009.914.html