The Old Guard problem is far worse when the gatekeepers are the small subset of scientist that control the journals. An open network of peer review allows for f

The Old Guard problem is far worse when the gatekeepers are the small subset of scientist that control the journals. An open network of peer review allows for fringe, revolutionary or controversial research to gain a foothold among some scientists, and then gain support as people who respect these vanguard scientists take a first or second look, and so on.