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Errors in science: the role of reviewers
Tamás Székely1, Oliver Krüger2, E Tobias Krause3
1Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, UK; Department of Animal Behaviour, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
Abstract:
Reviewers play a key role in science, although studies suggest the current peer-reviewing system has faults. We propose to introduce a quality control system to evaluate each journal's review process, and produce a Review Quality Index. We propose four schemes that have the potential to reduce errors in a key step in scientific decision making: the reviewing process.
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