peer review

• peer review: assessment of scientific work by experts in the same field, to make sure research all of high quality

  • to know which research is worthwhile hence funding can be allocated to it
  • validate relevance and quality of research
  • to make improvements and amendments
• • can be difficult to find an expert, smith argues that a lot of poor research is passed as the reviewer didn't really understand the work
• • publication bias, editors tend to publish 'headline grabbing' findings