peer review

• • Research is scrutinised by a small group of two or three experts .
  • Experts are objective and unknown to author
• Aim :  

  1. Allocation of research funding
  2. Asses quality and relevance of research 
  3. Suggesting improvement 
• weakness

  • Hard to find an expert /appropriate expert  to review research proposal 
  • Publication bias : editors of journals want to publish significant  headline grabbing  findings  to increase popularity of their publication . Only publish research with significant results 
• strength

  • Anonymity : process can be done so that peer remains anonymous  honest and objective appraisal achieved