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Too many peers, too few piers
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Mulvey, John |
| Copyright Year | 1990 |
| Description | Journal: Physics World The principle is sound: use panels of scientists qualified by their knowledge and experience in the same or a closely related field of research to judge the quality, the 'timeliness and promise', of another scientist's research (never a 'mate', but often a 'rival'!). This method is widely used in one form or another throughout the world to help make the often difficult decisions on what science should be supported and by how much. Peer review is essentially the only mechanism used by the UK research councils to decide the research they will fund in institutions of higher education, but a growing unease has prompted the Advisory Board for the Research Councils (ABRC) to set up a working party to examine the operation of peer review and make recommendations on its 'economy, efficiency, and effectiveness'. This unease arises, I believe, because peer review is now often misapplied and misused. Committees are increasingly becoming instruments for the direction and management of research and, at a time of rapidly expanding opportunities in science, they are becoming the dominant mechanism for the rationing and distribution of inadequate resources. |
| Related Links | http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2058-7058/3/6/12/pdf |
| Ending Page | 14 |
| Page Count | 2 |
| Starting Page | 13 |
| ISSN | 09538585 |
| e-ISSN | 20587058 |
| DOI | 10.1088/2058-7058/3/6/12 |
| Journal | Physics World |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Volume Number | 3 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing |
| Publisher Date | 1990-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Physics World History and Philosophy of Science Peer Review Research Councils Scientists Qualified |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Physics and Astronomy |
