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Peer Review: A Flawed Process at the Heart of Science and Journals

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · April 2006

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Summary

An influential essay by a former BMJ editor arguing that peer review, though central to journals, is slow, expensive, prone to bias and poor at detecting errors or fraud. It summarises the limited evidence for its effectiveness and remains a frequently cited critique.

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Smith R. Peer Review: A Flawed Process at the Heart of Science and Journals. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2006;99(4):178-182. doi:10.1177/014107680609900414

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