Peer Review

• Peer Review

  • Key in meta-analysis
  • Process before study published to ensure research is
  • High quality
  • Contribute to research field
  • Accurate presentation
  • Done by experts in field
  • Judge scientific credibility, quality (GRAVE) + experimental approach
  • Important to ensure only high quality research shared; impacts day-to-day life so must have valid conclusions/methods

  Strengths

  • Promotes + maintains high research standards
  • Societal implications + funding allocation
  • Prevent scientific fraud as submitted work is scrutinised

  Weaknesses

  • If anonymity isn’t maintained experts w/ conflict of interest may unapprove to further their own reputation/career
  • Contributes to ‘file drawer effect'
  • Only statistically significant findings published
  • So challenge to existing understanding may go unpublished