Scientific Peer Review: Guidelines for Informative Peer Review

Description

J. Matthias Starck comprehensively guides the reader in this essential through all steps of writing an expert review for a scientific journal. It is built on a succinct analysis how science works, how science is communicated and how science is published. It provides a critical guide how to write good, informative and fair peer reviews. The author presents a critical discussion of different peer review procedures and their alternatives, explains ethical guidelines as well as the dark sides of scientific publishing. So this essential helps the reader to perform better in the existing system and to contribute to its further development and improvement. Front Matter ....Pages I-IX Introduction (J. Matthias Starck)....Pages 1-1 How Science Works (J. Matthias Starck)....Pages 3-6 Essence of Scientific Communication (J. Matthias Starck)....Pages 7-9 Why Peer Review? (J. Matthias Starck)....Pages 11-14 The Journal Peer Review (J. Matthias Starck)....Pages 15-28 Responsibilities of the Reviewer (J. Matthias Starck)....Pages 29-31 Ethical Rules in the Reviewing Process (J. Matthias Starck)....Pages 33-34 The Dark Side of Scientific Publishing (J. Matthias Starck)....Pages 35-37 Critique and Variations of the Journal Peer Reviewing Process (J. Matthias Starck)....Pages 39-45 Reviewer Recognition (J. Matthias Starck)....Pages 47-49 Institutions and Committees/Recommendations in Conflict (J. Matthias Starck)....Pages 51-53 Back Matter ....Pages 55-59