5 Things We Learned About Peer Review in 2020
Absolutely Maybe It’s a fundamental part of science – and yet peer review is not itself very science-based. It needs to be. The premise behind peer review may appear sound, even incontrovertible. Who could object to the best in the world appraising one another, nobly ensuring the integrity of the world’s official research record? Yet, considering the system for even a few moments leads to several questions. Martin Paul Eve and colleagues ( That turns very quickly into a long list. Tere are people pecking away at those questions, though. Here are the top 5 points that struck me last year...