Words Matter: Peer Review as a Failing Safeguard

<p><span><em>Peer review is intended to support the quality and standards of academic work.&nbsp; The peer review process has been questioned recently in a number of different arenas.&nbsp; Source reliability and information credibility can be a problem when an academic sch...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tom Quiggin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Centre for Counter Terrorism 2013-04-01
Series:Perspectives on Terrorism
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/256
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:<p><span><em>Peer review is intended to support the quality and standards of academic work.&nbsp; The peer review process has been questioned recently in a number of different arenas.&nbsp; Source reliability and information credibility can be a problem when an academic scholar or an academic product steps into the public realm through a court case.&nbsp; In these circumstances, it is not just the credibility of the academic community that is being tested: lives and liberty can be at stake.&nbsp; Peer-reviewed article must provide a basic standard of trustworthiness.&nbsp; At a minimum, the peer review process, though a fact checking process, should be able to assure the reader that the sources of the information are reliable and the information provided is credible.</em></span></p><div><span><em><br /></em></span></div>
ISSN:2334-3745
2334-3745