Peer review

• What are the main aims of Peer Review?

  • Allocate funding
  • Validate quality of research
  • Suggest amendments / improvements
• Limitation - Anonymity:

  May permit unjustified criticisms by rivals
• Limitation - Publication Bias:?

  File drawer problem, creates false impression of current knowledge
• Limitation - Burying ground-breaking research:

  Maintains status quo