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Not just "peer code review" from a good friend or someone working on the same project as you - a review from somebody who has a ton of stuff to review at once,
by gjsman-1000 4y ago
Not just "peer code review" from a good friend or someone working on the same project as you - a review from somebody who has a ton of stuff to review at once, in many different areas, and very limited time to do it.
- lazide 4y agoStill better than something someone didn’t even bother trying to peer review, usually.
- lvass 4y agoNot always. As academia becomes increasingly autocratic and contaminated by power, peer reviews become a marker for group-think, and placing relevance into peer review is a mechanism to empower the oligarchy and suppress technical dissidence, therefore anti-scientific.
- HelloMcFly 4y agoI do peer review, and know colleagues that do as well. I'd say the median number of articles reviewed per person in a given year is 10. I don't claim to represent most reviewers, but I also don't think a presumption that reviewers primarily only have time to half-ass it is fair either.
- thaumasiotes 4y ago> I'd say the median number of articles reviewed per person in a given year is 10. That's a pretty light annual workload. How do you get to be one of those people? Or do those people have other work to do?
- NoSorryCannot 4y agoThey are other researchers in the field. Literally, your peers. Yes, they have other work to do.
- thaumasiotes 4y agoYes, I'm aware of those things. I'm pointing out that the number of papers someone reviews in a year is not even distantly related to the amount of attention they have available to devote to the job.
- rat9988 4y agoThat hasn't been my experience in academia. In peer review you can get very high quality feedback and critics. The system has been great for the overall quality.
- yupyup54133 4y agoSomeone is wrong on the internet!