December 13, 2022 article from Experimental History.
Why the greatest scientific experiment in history failed, and why that’s a great thing.
Adam Mastroianni of Experimental History explains the history and downfall of the peer review process.
“Peer review was a huge, expensive intervention. By one estimate, scientists collectively spend 15,000 years reviewing papers every year. It can take months or years for a paper to wind its way through the review system, which is a big chunk of time when people are trying to do things like cure cancer and stop climate change. And universities fork over millions for access to peer-reviewed journals, even though much of the research is taxpayer-funded, and none of that money goes to the authors or the reviewers.”
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