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#peer-review
James Lovelock Reflects On Gaia's Legacy : Nature News & Comment
Peer review shouldn't be used on larger topics
A 1984 rejection letter from Nature of your paper outlining the Gaia hypothesis is displayed in the exhibition. What do you think of peer review — is it necessary? Well, as far as I’m concerned, I don’t have any peer review. But I don’t think it is practical to get rid of it…
Science Journals Have Passed Their Expiration Date -- It's Time For The Publishing Platform - Innovation Insights
Against anonymous peer review
Peer review is a core building block of formal science publishing. In reality, anonymous review is not effective in fulfilling the intended purpose of assuring accuracy and credibility; its nature promotes fraud and is an excuse for delay. Authors must know who is evaluating…
Scientific publishing is a relic from another age
Scientific journals keep alive a culture of unnecessary adjudication, delay, corruption-rich anonymous peer review, and conclusions without the underlying data sets. Enough! What the world needs are publishing platforms, not journals. Here is what a publishing platform does: A…