The changing forms and expectations of peer review

• Published in: Research integrity and peer review Vol. 3; no. 1; pp. 8 - 15
• Main Authors: Horbach, S. P. J. M., Halffman, W. ( Willem)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 20.09.2018; BMC
• Subjects: 19th century; Editorials; Innovation; Knowledge; Learned societies; Peer review; Quality; Review; Science; Scientific integrity; Scientific misconduct; Scientific publishing; World War II; Scientific misconduct; Innovation; Peer review; Scientific publishing; Scientific integrity

The quality and integrity of the scientific literature have recently become the subject of heated debate. Due to an apparent increase in cases of scientific fraud and irreproducible research, some have claimed science to be in a state of crisis. A key concern in this debate has been the extent to wh...