Peer Review in Health Sciences
Contributors: Tom Jefferson (Editor)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: September 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780727916853
Subjects: Medical research; Science: General Issues; Reference; Human Resources & Personnel Management; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Research; Children's Studies; HOMELESS CHILDREN; PEER REVIEW; Social Science / Children's Studies; General
First sentence: Kronick, in his essay on peer review in eighteenth-century scientific journalism, pointed out that "peer review can be said to have existed ever since people began to identify and communicate what they thought was new knowledge ... because peer review (whether it occurs before or after publication) is an essential and integral part of consensus building and is inherent and necessary to the growth of scientific knowledge".