Peer Review in Health Sciences
Contributors: Tom Jefferson (Editor); Fiona Godlee (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Bmj Publishing Group
Published: October 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780727911810
Subjects: Health systems & services; Medical research; Social research & statistics; Research; Medical Writing and Research; Medical / Nursing; Business/Economics
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".