Peer Review

“But has it been peer-reviewed?”

Michael Cook | 30 July 2011

A peer-reviewed study is commonly regarded as the gold standard for truth and trustworthiness in scientific research. However, after several prominent scandals involving suggestions of research fraud, concern about its usefulness has spread beyond academe. So much so that a committee of the UK’s House of Commons has just published a report on the peer review process. Since the government is a major funder of research, its opinions matter.

Stem cell scientists’ latest nemesis: each other

Jared Yee | 13 February 2010

Office politics invade scientific research