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And Who Will Review the Review(er)s?
Author(s) -
Sarah Potvin
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
college and research libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.886
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 2150-6701
pISSN - 0010-0870
DOI - 10.5860/crl.78.6.734
Subject(s) - discipline , quality (philosophy) , production (economics) , computer science , sociology , media studies , epistemology , social science , philosophy , economics , macroeconomics
Peer review maintains an implacable presence in the collaborative enterprise of scholarly production. Widely viewed as the “gold standard,” it is considered a requirement for affirming validity and quality, as well as for codifying disciplinary boundaries. As journal editor Richard Smith vividly recalled: “It is the method by which grants are allocated, papers published, academics promoted, and Nobel prizes won. … When something is peer reviewed it is in some sense blessed.”

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