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Peer Review Is Broken - Here's How To Fix It
Peer Review Is Broken - Here's How To Fix It
Authored by Rob Jenkins and Michael R. Jenkins via the Brownstone Institute,
Within academia, there seems to be a growing consensus that the peer-review system—once the backbone of academic scholarship—is broken. But is it irreparably so? Perhaps. At the very least, the breakdown of its current form is worth exploring. However, rather than abandoning the entire endeavor, we believe we have a novel solution. First, though, let us examine where the system went wrong.
In the Middle Ages, most scientific research was...
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