Re:The peer review industry: implausible and outrageous
by manfredo on Thursday October 25, 2018 @10:30PM
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I think the issue isn't with peer review. The issue is peer review coupled with barriers to entry. Some of it is monetary, which could conceivably be resolved through open access. Some of it is because it is socially walled off, this can be resolved through outreach and expansion into different media.
Consider how much more approachable a DEF CON talk is as compared to a research paper. What if we promulgated biological research in a similar fashion. Chubbyemu [1] explains diseases in a very approachable fashion. Perhaps we could do more do make research and academia approachable for the average person?
TL;DR: I think the issue is the need to demystify academia, peer review is only a part of that.
Consider how much more approachable a DEF CON talk is as compared to a research paper. What if we promulgated biological research in a similar fashion. Chubbyemu [1] explains diseases in a very approachable fashion. Perhaps we could do more do make research and academia approachable for the average person?
TL;DR: I think the issue is the need to demystify academia, peer review is only a part of that.
1. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKOvOaJv4GK-oDqx-sj7VVg