Peer Review and Its Variants
Topics will include:
- History and purpose of peer review
- Bias and other problems with peer review
- Newer experiments in peer review (open peer review, post-publication peer review, etc.)
Assignments for June 12:
- Do one of the following, and then respond to the prompts in the group forum:
- Find an article (not necessarily peer reviewed) that pertains to scholarly communication in your (past, present, or future) field of study.
- …or browse one of these journals for an article that sparks your interest:
- Journal of Electronic Publishing (open access)
- Journal of Scholarly Publishing (via GC library)
- Publications (open access)
- KULA: Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Preservation Studies (open access)
- Scientometrics (via GC library)
- Journal of Altmetrics (open access)
- Track down 5 scholarly works you’ve read recently (for research, as a course requirement, or otherwise). Then respond to the prompts in the group forum.
Readings for June 12:
Moravcsik, M. J., & Murugesan, P. (1975). Some results on the function and quality of citations. Social Studies of Science, 5(1), 86-92. Available in JSTOR via GC library.
How are citations classified? (n.d.). Scite Help Desk.
MacLeod, L. (2021). More than personal communication: Templates for citing Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers. KULA: Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Preservation Studies, 5(1), Article 1.
Just published! (OK to skim.) Cumberledge, A., Smith, N., & Riley, B. W. (2023). Unverified history: An analysis of quotation accuracy in leading history journals. Scientometrics.
Optional: Zhang, S. (2017, June 2). The one-paragraph letter from 1980 that fueled the opioid crisis. The Atlantic. Available via Internet Archive.
Optional (but a really, really fascinating and fun listen): Gordon, A., & Hobbes, M. (Hosts). (2022, September 27). The French Paradox [Audio podcast episode]. In Maintenance Phase.
