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J R Soc Med 2006;99:385
doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.8.385
© 2006 Royal Society of Medicine

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J R Soc Med 2006;99:385
© 2006 The Royal Society of Medicine

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Peer review: Unreliable reviewers

Brandon Lush

Lower Hazel, Bristol BS35 3QP, UK

E-mail: brandon.lush{at}eidosnet.co.uk

As Richard Smith reports (April 2006 JRSM1) peer review would be fine if reviewers always gave an impartial, critical assessment when asked—but they may, he indicates, steal ideas, give a good opinion simply because they want to increase work in their field or give a bad opinion because they do not want competition, or other biases.

Long-serving members of research and publication committees will be aware of unreliable reviewers, and one solution to the problem would be to create a blacklist of reviewers found to be unreliable. This should cut down on the problem but would leave open the question of whether there is a better system than peer review.

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Competing interests None declared.

REFERENCES

  1. Smith R. Peer review: a flawed process at the heart of science and journals. J R Soc Med2006; 99:178[Free Full Text]


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