Scientific Peer Review - Guidelines for Informative Peer Review

J. Matthias Starck comprehensively guides the reader in this essential through all steps of writing an expert review for a scientific journal. It is built on a succinct analysis how science works, how science is communicated and how science is published. It provides a critical guide how to write good, informative and fair peer reviews. The author presents a critical discussion of different peer review procedures and their alternatives, explains ethical guidelines as well as the dark sides of scientific publishing. So this essential helps the reader to perform better in the existing system and to contribute to its further development and improvement.

List of contents

Essence of Scientific Communication.- Why Peer Review?.- Responsibilities of the Reviewer and Ethical Rules in the Reviewing Process.- Critique and Variations of the Journal Peer Reviewing Process.- Reviewer Recognition.- Institutions and Committees/Recommendations in Conflict.

Summary

A short analysis of basic principles how science works, how science is communicated, and how it is published  A comprehensive presentation of how to write a review for a scientific journal

A discussion of ethical guidelines applicable in scientific publishing

An analysis and critique of various peer review procedures 

Product details

• Authors: J Matthias Starck, J. Matthias Starck
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9783658199142
• ISBN: 978-3-658-19914-2
• No. of pages: 59
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 216 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 107 g
• Illustrations: IX, 59 p.
• Series: essentials; Essentials
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology; Psychologie, C, Coaching, Science: general issues, popular science, Naturwissenschaften, allgemein, Life Sciences, Management: leadership & motivation, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Teaching of a specific subject, Science Education, Life Sciences, general, Employees—Coaching of, Popular Life Sciences