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Does pre-publication "peer review" not already function to some extent similarly as an indicator of level of agreement rather than a disinterested, objective qu
by Chinjut 11y ago
Does pre-publication "peer review" not already function to some extent similarly as an indicator of level of agreement rather than a disinterested, objective quality and significance threshold? Everything I know of human processes suggests that it would.
- slavik81 11y agoI worry that a rating system would reduce the amount of thought each reviewer puts into their decision, but it's certainly true that peer review isn't perfect. Famously, the Fourier transform was not published for several years due to a disagreement with Lagrange. > When Fourier submitted his paper in 1807, the committee (which included Lagrange, Laplace, Malus and Legendre, among others) concluded: ...the manner in which the author arrives at these equations is not exempt of difficulties and [...] his analysis to integrate them still leaves something to be desired on the score of generality and even rigour. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_important_publications_in_mathematics#M.C3.A9moire_sur_la_propagation_de_la_chaleur_dans_les_corps_solides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_important_publications...