Peer review

• To decide whether a report should be published, a person conducting a peer review will review the report and suggest improvements.
• What are the benefits of peer review?

  • protects society from bad research
  • improves the quality of research
• What are the Limitations of peer review?

  • peer reviewers may not always be objective and display personal bias.
  • good studies may never be published and society may miss out on important research