IT IS to the running of the scientific enterprise what democracy is to the running of a country. , the UK’s national academy, where the took place in 1665.
Peer review is the system through which scientists vet each other’s work to judge whether or not it is fit to be published or funded. That makes it the very cornerstone of all research. And yet this foundation is cracked. described it as “biased, unjust, unaccountable, incomplete, easily fixed, often insulting, usually ignorant, occasionally foolish…
