A question about what constitutes legitimate peer review? As I understand it, authors often suggest peer reviewers for their work. In fact this is sometimes a requirement for submissions to academic presses or refereed journals. However I'm guessing the following would not be legitimate.
1) The authors spouse is the editor (and also a co-author) and has final say in selecting the peer reviewers. 2) The author and the author's spouse control the board of directors for the publication, and the editor selecting the peer reviewers knows this. If I were to run into a case of either 1 or 2, would I be right in suggesting that the peer review process was not legitimate? Or is this a case where usual professional practices would allow 2? Thanks Gar _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
