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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019512203321

Autore

Daniel Hans-Dieter

Titolo

Guardians of science : fairness and reliability of peer review

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : VCH, 1993

ISBN

1-280-56082-7

9786610560820

3-527-60220-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (123 pages)

Disciplina

507/.2

Soggetti

Research - Evaluation - Analysis

Peer review - Analysis

Technical writing - Analysis - Evaluation

Sciences - General

Physical Sciences & Mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Sommario/riassunto

An analysis of one of the most controversial issues of modern scientific culture: peer review has been the subject matter of many articles in newspapers and general interest scientific and news magazines. This book considers the necessity of having a reliable method of separating the wheat from the chaff in science, in the light of the large number of recent cases of fraud in science.