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Data protection and peer review
Author(s) -
Singleton Alan
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1087/095315104323159612
Subject(s) - anonymity , legislation , data protection act 1998 , internet privacy , computer science , peer review , computer security , law and economics , risk analysis (engineering) , business , political science , law , sociology
The consequences for publishers of a conflict between the traditional anonymity of peer review and the requirements of data‐protection legislation are discussed and appropriate policies for the new situation are proposed.