Gasparyan Armen Yuri, Kitas George D
Department of Rheumatology, Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Clinical Research Unit, Russell's Hall Hospital, Dudley, United Kingdom.
Croat Med J. 2012 Aug;53(4):386-9. doi: 10.3325/cmj.2012.53.386.
Current scholarly publications heavily rely on high quality peer review. Peer review, albeit imperfect, is aimed at improving science writing and editing. Evidence supporting peer review as a guarantor of the quality of biomedical publications is currently lacking. Its outcomes are largely dependent on the credentials of the reviewers. Several lines of evidence suggest that predictors of the best contributors to the process include affiliation to a good University and proper research training. Though the options to further improve peer review are currently limited, experts are in favor of formal education and courses on peer review for all contributors to this process. Long-term studies are warranted to assess the strengths and weaknesses of this approach.
当前的学术出版物严重依赖高质量的同行评审。同行评审尽管并不完美，但其目的是改进科学写作和编辑。目前缺乏支持同行评审作为生物医学出版物质量保证的证据。其结果在很大程度上取决于评审人员的资质。有几条证据表明，该过程中最佳贡献者的预测因素包括隶属于一所优秀大学和接受适当的研究培训。尽管目前进一步改进同行评审的选择有限，但专家们赞成对参与该过程的所有人员进行同行评审方面的正规教育和开设相关课程。有必要进行长期研究以评估这种方法的优缺点。
