Open AccessA Modestly Rewarding Proposal Concerning Peer Review
Author(s) -
Helffrich George
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2013eo480004
Subject(s) - key (lock) , process (computing) , psychology , peer review , engineering ethics , work (physics) , political science , computer science , engineering , law , computer security , mechanical engineering , operating system
I have been an academic journal editor for longer than seems sane. One of the most important resources upon which I rely in this work is the reviewer community. These largely overlooked heroes are the scrutineers of the scientific process by which hypotheses are generated and tested and their errors eliminated. Their efforts are a key step in the development of scientific knowledge from which society in general, and the readers of Eos in particular, benefit.