At last, it is refreshing to read something that is sensible and based on sound knowledge about the peer review process from someone else who, like Jose and me, is genuinely familiar with it. Contrast what Jeevan has written below with the boorish crap from Gilbert, Fr. Ivo, Gabriel and Dr. Falcao in this thread.
Please note the following statement, for example: QUOTE And the same for peer reviewers who are all to often in an "I scratch your back and you scratch mine." UNQUOTE ....Gilbert Lawrence Do you think this guy has any clue that peer reviewers of all reputed scientific journals are required to be anonymous from the standpoint of the author(s), as well as each other? Obviously not, but that does not prevent him from writing nonsense on Goanet. BTW, has anyone noticed that this radiation oncologist believes he is an expert on the history of the European Inquisition, among many other things? Cheers, Santosh --- On Mon, 10/4/10, Jeevan R <[email protected]> wrote: > > In recognized and respected Journals, > the peer review process is > performed by more than three Referees who are specialized > and experts > in the area under study. If there are conflicting > reviews than the > Editor usually gets further opinions from other > experts in the field. > Besides, even if the paper goes through and is published, > experts can > still jump in to publish their opinions on it or the paper > could be > revoked if the work is fraud or plagiarized--such things > have happened > several times even in top journals with high impact factor > such as > Nature and Science. > >
