Words Matter: Peer Review as a Failing Safeguard
<p><span><em>Peer review is intended to support the quality and standards of academic work. The peer review process has been questioned recently in a number of different arenas. Source reliability and information credibility can be a problem when an academic sch...
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International Centre for Counter Terrorism
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| description | <p><span><em>Peer review is intended to support the quality and standards of academic work. The peer review process has been questioned recently in a number of different arenas. 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. In these circumstances, it is not just the credibility of the academic community that is being tested: lives and liberty can be at stake. Peer-reviewed article must provide a basic standard of trustworthiness. 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> |
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| spelling | doaj-art-367ecda5f87349f9b96cc15f82edd4b82025-08-20T01:54:54ZengInternational Centre for Counter TerrorismPerspectives on Terrorism2334-37452334-37452013-04-0172250Words Matter: Peer Review as a Failing SafeguardTom Quiggin<p><span><em>Peer review is intended to support the quality and standards of academic work. The peer review process has been questioned recently in a number of different arenas. 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. In these circumstances, it is not just the credibility of the academic community that is being tested: lives and liberty can be at stake. Peer-reviewed article must provide a basic standard of trustworthiness. 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>http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/256peer review |
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