Start by reading a bit about the process of of peer review in the natural sciences:
http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/howscienceworks_16
https://www.elsevier.com/reviewers/how-to-conduct-a-review
Now that you are an expert on the process, jot down what you perceive to be the pluses and minuses of this system.
Share with the person next to you...
Now read OR listen:
http://www.npr.org/2013/10/04/229103215/open-access-journals-hit-by-journalists-sting
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/60.full
What lessons can be taken from John Bohannon's "experiment"?
What do we need to consider in order to evaluate the validity of his "findings"?
What are you personal reactions?
http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/howscienceworks_16
https://www.elsevier.com/reviewers/how-to-conduct-a-review
Now that you are an expert on the process, jot down what you perceive to be the pluses and minuses of this system.
Share with the person next to you...
Now read OR listen:
http://www.npr.org/2013/10/04/229103215/open-access-journals-hit-by-journalists-sting
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/60.full
What lessons can be taken from John Bohannon's "experiment"?
What do we need to consider in order to evaluate the validity of his "findings"?
What are you personal reactions?