Peer Review

Question 1

What is peer review?

Answer 1

Before publication, all aspects of an investigation is criticised by experts in the field

Question 2

What should the people who are reviewing the research be?

Answer 2

-Objective -Unkown to the researcher

Question 3

What are the aims of a peer review?

Answer 3

• Allocate funding
• Validation of the quality of research and relevance of research
• Improvements and amendments are suggested

Question 4

Strength of a peer review:

Answer 4

• Protects the quality of research published
• Minimises fraudulent research
• Increases credibility and status of the subject

Question 5

Limitation of a peer review:

Answer 5

• Criticise a rival of researchers due to competition for funding
• Publication bias as editors may only publish ‘headline-grabbing’ research
• Ground-breaking research may be buried due to social sensitivity this slows down the rate of change within scientific disciplines