Dao Phong – 2021-07-17 00:29:34
Mình xin được chia sẻ bài viết “Alternatives to Peer Review: Is There a Better Way?” của Professor Andrew R. Timming.
https://dire-ed.com/2021/01/10/alternatives-to-peer-review-is-there-a-better-way/
Mình copy ba giải pháp của GS. Andrew R. Timming dưới đây để ai không có thời gian đọc cả bài viết có thể nắm được ý chính.
“Option 1: Credentialized publication. Quite simply, everyone with a Ph.D. can publish whatever they want, whenever they want. Other scientists can then “rate” research output, such that the best output rises to the top. This follows the logic of the “marketplace of ideas,” where only good ideas will gain traction in the long term, and bad ideas will just be relegated to the dustbins of publication history. If there are problems with a piece of research, then someone can write a new paper pointing out the problems and link it to the original paper. This of this as a constant stream of comments and replies.
Option 2: Limited peer review. This is similar to the PLoS model of peer review. Under this system, only empirical papers will be reviewed, and where they are reviewed, the focus should be exclusively on the empirics and methodology. “But is the paper interesting?” Who cares? That’s subjective anyway. “Does it cite the right literature?” Who cares? That’s subjective anyway. “Does it use the right theory?” Who cares? That’s subjective anyway. All that matters in this system is that the methodology is of a high standard. If it is, then the paper gets accepted. This shift allows the research community to then decide for themselves on whether the paper is interesting, rather than a few reviewers deciding for us.
Option 3: Professionalization of peer review. Under this system, we create a division of labor between scientists and reviewers. Scientists do science, but do not spend time reviewing. Reviewers spend time reviewing, but not doing science. Obviously, under the current system, reviewers do not get paid. In a professionalized system, peer review will become paid employment. This is financially possible because of the huge profit margins of many publishers. In addition to giving scientists more time to focus on research, it creates new employment opportunities for the huge number of PhDs who are otherwise under-employed. Moreover, paid reviews will be much higher quality reviews, because low quality returns will render a reviewer unemployable.”
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