The Problem with Peer Review

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7557/19.5289

Keywords:

academic publications, acadmics, education, journals, library, Open Access, Open Data, Open Science, Peer Review, Plan S, science, self-archiving, scholarly publishing, Tromsø, UiT

Abstract

In this episode professor at UIT - The Arctic University of Norway, Bård Smedsrød, gives us an insight into peer review. How does the system work today, and what's problematic with it?

Smedsrød also offers some solutions and encourages Universities to be much more involved in the peer review process. The host of this episode is Erik Lieungh.

You can also read Bård's latest paper on peer reviewing: Peer reviewing: a private affair between the individual researcher and the publishing houses, or responsibility of the university?

This episode was first published 2 November 2018.

Author Biographies

Bård Smedsrød, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Professor Bård Smedsrød is the Head of the Vascular Biology Research Group and Scientific Leader of the Laboratory for Electron Microscopy at UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

Erik Lieungh, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Erik Lieungh is a digital adviser at the University Library and the host and editor of Open Science Talk.

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Published

2020-02-04

How to Cite

Smedsrød, B., & Lieungh, E. (2020). The Problem with Peer Review. Open Science Talk, (6). https://doi.org/10.7557/19.5289

Issue

No. 6 (2018): The Problem with Peer Review

Section

Podcasts