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. 1995 Jan-Feb;11(1):16-23.
doi: 10.1016/s8755-7223(95)80068-9.

Peer review

G Felton  1 , E A Swanson
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Peer review

G Felton et al. J Prof Nurs. 1995 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

All research agencies and prestigious journals insist they are rewarding excellence, that they have a merit-based system, and that their system serves their mission well--all part of the ideology of the infallibility of peer review. There have been, and continue to be, criticism about the peer review system and several alternatives to peer review have been posed. A discussion of peer review is intended to allow the reader to evaluate approaches to the peer review system.

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