Peer review

• Peer review


  1. Researcher submits paper to academic journal

  2. Journal sends paper to independent experts in the area

  3. Experts review quality of design, methodology, data analysis, and conclusions

  4. Experts recommend publication, suggest changes, or reject paper

  5. Journal editor makes final decision on publication
• Peer review


  • Keeps scientists honest and their work high quality
  • Improves credibility of science
  • Increases reputation of research institutions
• Peer review has criticisms
• Criticisms of peer review

  • Small research communities make it difficult to find suitable experts
  • Potential for professional rivalry and settling old scores
  • Bias towards accepting papers from scientific leaders
  • Tendency to favor publishing significant results
• Unpublished negative results (file drawer problem) can lead to wasted research efforts and false impressions of effectiveness
• Peer review can be a slow process, which may slow down scientific progress
• This video is about the process of peer review in psychology research
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