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Peer - review
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- Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU)
Lecture notes on peer - review of scientific papers
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The peer-review process: became more common in mid 20th century due to more manuscripts and new specialisttechnology. Almost all scientific and medical journals use peer-review
Degree of peer-review: Sources of information:
Types of Journal articles:
- Research article
- Clinical trial
- Review article
Types of journal articles:
- Limited Access
- Free PMC article (open access)
Purpose of peer-review
- Selection of quality articles for publication
- Scientific methodology
- Relevance of article to journal readership
- Presentation of manuscript
- Improve the manuscript
- Check for false results
Falsification of results (diagram to the right):
- 1998 MMR/Autism fraud is one of the most noted ex
- Withdrawn from the Lancet in 2010
Journal quality and ranking
- Specialism
- Citations
- Open access
- Important for academic standing; REF
- Author journal selection is key
- Impact factor
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