tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275657281509261156.post6722014751498747580..comments2024-03-28T04:04:55.806-07:00Comments on Faculty of Language: Some recent papers on reviewing at journalsNorberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15701059232144474269noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275657281509261156.post-57036772036269400432013-10-15T03:25:42.035-07:002013-10-15T03:25:42.035-07:00I think that there are real concerns surrounding t...I think that there are real concerns surrounding the effectiveness of the peer review process in linguistics, but they're not at all the same as the predatory publishing concerns that the Science sting operation is highlighting. The Science sting shows that there are many disreputable journals that are willing to publish research that is obviously crap. This shows a world where too much work is getting through the so-called peer review process, and so scientists lose faith in the process. This is not the problem in linguistics. Our problem is more that the peer review process is perceived, rightly or wrongly, to be cripplingly slow and difficult, with the effect that many simply don't participate in the peer review system, leading to further deterioration of the system. The end result is again loss of faith in peer review, but it's for a rather different reason.Colin Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09724709677503698323noreply@blogger.com