Peer Review is the gold standard of scientific publishing. It ensures a quality assessment process that determines whether a manuscript will be published, and made available to a wider audience. It may be applied to both open access or paid access journals and proceedings.
Advantages include:
- Verification of data and authenticity by subject specialists
- Allows for and recognizes the importance of self-correction in scientific communication through formal retractions
- Exposes fraudulent research in a formal sphere
Disadvantages include:
- Time consuming, slows down the process of dissemination
- Costly, open access publications may result in Article Processing Charges (APCs) for authors or sponsors to support the peer review process
- Can be subject to reviewer bias and reviewer inexperience
Improvements in Peer Review process include
