it's not just salary committees but also those making tenure decisions (which are much more important).
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Carrol Cox<[email protected]> wrote: > Peer review is only important to slary committees -- and I would suspose > that different universities may well be more or less rigorous in their > definitioon of peer review. > > Carrol > > Jim Devine wrote: >> >> 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 >> > >> >> -- >> Jim Devine / "All science would be superfluous if the form of >> appearance of things directly coincided with their essence." -- KM >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Jim Devine / "All science would be superfluous if the form of appearance of things directly coincided with their essence." -- KM _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
