if a journal allows 1 or 2, it's a scandal. On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 2:56 AM, Gar Lipow<[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
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