8 Quotes About Peer Review

Peer review is a method of quality control in which multiple independent experts judge a submitted paper before its publication. Today, peer review is the most effective way to ensure that research papers are accurate and unbiased. Peer review also helps ensure that data reported in the paper are accurate and useful. This collection of quotes about peer review includes those from those who have been through the process, those who have been denied it, and those who have been praised for their work.

A mathematician is an individual who believes that prophesying that...
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A mathematician is an individual who believes that prophesying that his dog will die if he deprives it of food constitutes a prediction. Bill Gaede
Proof' is the hallmark of religion.
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Proof' is the hallmark of religion. Bill Gaede
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College is the grinding machine of the Mathematical Establishment, a conveyor belt that takes individuals from one cookie cutter to another so that the product comes within tight control limits out of the assembly line. Bill Gaede
A mathematician is an individual who calls himself a 'physicist'...
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A mathematician is an individual who calls himself a 'physicist' and does 'physics' and physical experiments with abstract concepts. Bill Gaede
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The literature [Nobel] laureate of this year has said that an author can do anything as long as his readers believe him. A scientist cannot do anything that is not checked and rechecked by scientists of this network before it is accepted. Unknown
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There were several key American scientists that favorably reported on Nazi eugenics after visiting Hitler's Germany in order to provide it cover. A.E. Samaan
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Why do we put up with it? Do we like to be criticized? No, no scientist enjoys it. Every scientist feels a proprietary affection for his or her ideas and findings. Even so, you don’t reply to critics, Wait a minute; this is a really good idea; I’m very fond of it; it’s done you no harm; please leave it alone. Instead, the hard but just rule is that if the ideas don’t work, you must throw them away. . Carl Sagan