RE: The religion of peer review

["David Goodman" <David.Goodman@liu.edu>]

It is not necessary to rely on argumentation and personal 
experiences on the topic of peer review.

Unlike many of the problems we must deal with, there is 
considerable evidence of a high scientific standard, nicely 
summarized by T. jefferson et al. in JAMA v.287(21) June 5, 2002 
p 2786-90, + online tables.

This is part of a comprehensive Peer Review Congress constituting 
almost all of that issue, p. 2759- 2871 + online tables, all 
available OA at 
http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/vol287/issue21/index.dtl

Those wishing to contribute opinions or anecdotes should first 
read the evidence.

Dr. David Goodman
Associate Professor
Palmer School of Library and Information Science
Long Island University
dgoodman@liu.edu