Can we be assured of quality scholarship in a peer review‐less environment?
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this short paper is to focus on peer review in academic publishing.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper analyses the present situation with regard to an increasing lack of control.
Findings
The quality control aspect of peer review remains its greatest benefit to the scholarly community, but this gate‐keeping function is under threat, in various ways, from the internet.
Originality/value
The paper highlights how the loss of quality control that results from a peer review‐less environment should be of concern to the research community.
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Citation
Gorman, G.E. (2008), "Can we be assured of quality scholarship in a peer review‐less environment?", Online Information Review, Vol. 32 No. 5, pp. 553-556. https://doi.org/10.1108/14684520810913954
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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