Re: The Death of Peer Review? Rumour Premature...

From: J.F.B.Rowland <J.F.Rowland_at_LBORO.AC.UK>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:46:12 -0000

It's clear that the Guardian journalist understands neither peer review nor
the Government's current proposals.

Fytton Rowland, Department of Information Science, Loughborough University,
UK.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Stevan Harnad" <harnad_at_ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>
To: <AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM_at_LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 5:31 PM
Subject: The Death of Peer Review? Rumour Premature...


> On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Christopher D. Green wrote:
>
>> Any comment?
>> http://education.guardian.co.uk/RAE/story/0,,1969758,00.html
>>
>> The death of peer review
>> Research notes
>> Natasha Gilbert
>> The Guardian
>> Tuesday December 12, 2006
>>
>> "The chancellor has decided to do away with the age-old, and trusted,
>> system of peer review for assessing the quality of science coming
>> out of the UK's universities - which has been used as the basis for
>> carving up public funding."
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