Peer review in health sciences [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Fiona Godlee, Tom Jefferson

• Pubblicazione: London, : BMJ Books, 2003
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (383 p.)
• Disciplina: 610.72
• Soggetto topico: Peer review; Medicine - Research - Evaluation
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: GodleeFiona JeffersonTom
• Note generali: Previous ed.: 1999.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Peer Review in Health Sciences; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1: Editorial peer review: its development and rationale; 2: Peer review of grant applications: a systematic review; 3: The state of evidence: what we know and what we don't know about journal peer review; 4: The effectiveness of journal peer review; 5: Innovation and peer review; 6: Bias, subjectivity, chance, and conflict of interest in editorial decisions; 7: Misconduct and journal peer review; 8: Peer review and the pharmaceutical industry; 9: Small journals and non-English language journals ; 10: How to set up a peer review system11: The evaluation and training of peer reviewers; 12: How to peer review a manuscript; 13: Statistical peer review; 14: Peer review of economic submissions; 15: How to peer review a qualitative manuscript; 16: Ethical conduct for reviewers of grant applications and manuscripts; 17: Non-peer review: consumer involvement in research review; 18: An author's guide to editorial peer review; 19: Peer review on the internet: are there faster, fairer, more effective methods of peer review? ; 20: The use of systematic reviews for editorial peer reviewing: a population approach21: Alternatives to peer review I: peer and non-peer review; 22: Alternatives to peer review II: can peer review be better focused?; 23: Peer review: some questions from Socrates; 24: The future of peer review; Appendix A: the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (the Vancouver Group); Appendix B: the World Association of Medical Editors; Appendix C: Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE); Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book has established itself as the authoritative text on health sciences peer review. Contributions from the world's leading figures discuss the state of peer review, question its role in the currently changing world of electronic journal publishing, and debate where it should go from here. The second edition has been thoroughly revised and new chapters added on qualitative peer review, training, consumers and innovation.
• Titolo autorizzato: Peer review in health sciences
• ISBN: 0-470-79068-7; 1-280-28536-2; 9786610285365; 1-4443-4168-5; 0-585-49512-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455599003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II