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The Core Inefficiency of Peer Review and a Potential Solution
Author(s) -
Vines Timothy H.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1539-6088
pISSN - 1539-607X
DOI - 10.1002/lob.10022
Subject(s) - inefficiency , publication , core (optical fiber) , process (computing) , computer science , public relations , political science , internet privacy , business , advertising , economics , telecommunications , microeconomics , operating system
Time is one of the most important commodities in scientific research, and yet so much of it is spent on peripheral and sometimes unnecessary activities. One of the most time consuming aspects of science is making it public. Even once a paper is written, the process of finding a journal that is willing to publish it can take months or years.