AO3: Peer review

• What are the three criticisms of peer review?

  Anonymity

  Publication bias

  Burying groundbreaking research
• Anonymity

  Reviewers may use anonymity to criticise rival researchers; worsened by competition for funding
• Publication bias

  More likely to publish 'headline-grabbing' findings to increase credibility and circulation of publication; some research ignored
• Burying groundbreaking research

  May suppress opposition to mainstream theories - favourability to research that matches their view