The Peer Review Process

An overview of the peer review process, including key players, basic steps, and types of review.

The peer review process is a critical piece of communicating research. Every journal handles reviewing slightly differently, but what are the common steps? How will the reviewers, authors, Editor-in-Chief, and associate editors interact to determine a paper’s suitability for publication? The combination of editorial assessment at the journal and review by subject-matter experts enables informed final decisions by the journal Editor-in-Chief. Learn more about how peer review works and why it’s so important.

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[eMercody]

The criticism towards it makes more sense now. Peer reviewers are not replicating results, basically, they fall outside of the scientific process. Hence papers are unlikely to have repeatable results despite being peer reviewed.

[mattk]

Does ideological bias ever play a role in what makes it past administrative and editorial screenings?

[nonyadamnbusiness]

If it's not double blind with reviewers chosen at random, it's worthless. If it is double blind and the paper makes any claims, it's still worthless until the claims have been replicated.