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How would you rate the current state of peer review in your field?
Results
(40 Answers)
The survey on the current state of peer review reveals strong consensus that improvement is needed, with 19 experts (48%) rating it as "Fair - significant room for improvement." This represents the clear majority view.
There is notable disagreement on the severity of issues:
- 10 experts (25%) were more positive, rating peer review as "Good - mostly effective with minor issues"
- 3 experts (8%) identified "Poor - major problems that need addressing"
- 2 experts (5%) indicated a "Crisis - fundamental changes needed"
- Only 2 experts (5%) rated the system as "Excellent - working very well"
Among the few who provided explanations, concerns were raised about reviews being "superficial, uncritical, non-constructive," and publications being "rather descriptive than scientific."
Summary Generated by AI
Answer Explanations
- Excellent - working very welluser-958242Getting mainly peer review tasks from area of expertise.
- Fair - significant room for improvementuser-983537Many reviews are superficial, uncritical, non-constructive, unnecessarily adversarial or self-promoting
- Fair - significant room for improvementuser-858214A lot of publications are rather descriptive than scientific
- Good - mostly effective with minor issuesuser-709065NOT APPLICABLE
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10/07/2025 03:22