Effect of peer review on citations in the open access environment.
Library Philosophy and Practice › Nbr. 2009, January 2009
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Effect of peer review on citations in the open access environment.
Introduction
Editorial peer review is widely used to select submissions to journals for publication and is presumed to improve their usefulness (Jefferson, Alderson, Wager & Davidoff, 2002). Publishing a peer reviewed article in a prestigious journal remains the highest validation for a work of scholarship. Peer review has served scholars well for centuries. The concept of reporting and validating research findings began in 1665, with the foundation of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Peer review has enhanced the rigour and relevance of many scientific breakthroughs (Banks, 2006). Practically no historical accounts of the evolution of peer review exist. Contrary to common assumption, editorial peer review did not grow out of or interact ...See the full content of this document
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