To give a simple example, when two people talk to each other, the lowest layer is the physical layer which concerns the sound pressure waves travelling from mouth to ear (so mouths and ears are peers) the next layer might be the speech and hearing centres in the people's brains and the...
Peer review happens when someone researching a subject submits a paper, article, or scholarly work to bereviewed by their peersin the same area of expertise. These peers evaluate the work to check for mistakes and to verify quality and accuracy. The findings of the author must meet the stand...
My latest… a series of three responses to scholarly critiques of my 2014 International Security article on military competition in the Asia-Pacific…has been published in the latest issue of IS. This […] International Security: “Racing Toward Tragedy? China’s Rise, Military Competition in the...
Yet being a peer reviewer rarely reaps any professional rewards, as institutions seldom recognise it as a measure of scholarly esteem, or as making a worthy contribution to the research environment. This is so ironic given the massive pressure put on academics to ensure that their own publications...
“critical juncture where scientific work is accepted for publication or rejected” (Heesen and Bright,2020, p. 2). In contemporary academia, where higher education systems across the world are contending with decreasing levels of public funding, there is increasing pressure on researchers to be ‘...
“Costumeis a scholarly, refereed publication presenting current research into historic and contemporary dress. The journal publishes articles from a broad chronological period and with a worldwide remit; it maintains a balance between practice and theory and concentrates on the social significance of dr...
If this paper really presented a scholarly argument (which I doubt), it is entirely unclear. If there really is a field of research like this, then the reviewers were not suitable for judging the merits of this paper. And this work was clearly not in the purview of this journal. All of...
Pre-publication peer review has long been recognised as a cornerstone of scholarly publishing. Despite various criticisms and a number of shortcomings, this scrutiny and critical assessment by experts is still considered essential by many. This chapter describes the realistic expectations of peer review...
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The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has greatly propelled progress across various sectors including the field of nephrology academia. However, this advancement has also given rise to ethical challenges, notably in scholarly writing. AI’s capac