Quote Originally Posted by max161 View Post
Actually what it may show is how long it takes to get a peer reviewed article published in an academic journal. I will bet that he wrote the article many months ago.
Perhaps, and of course there is value to the peer review system, the article at the link below indicates that this process can be abused. Does it serve as a filter to kill new ideas that challenge existing paradigms? Historically the Catholic Church filled this role to impede scientific thought. I can't help but wonder if the peer review process has resulted in the mess we have found ourselves in with our current thinking on insurgency? Any information on how the peer review system is supposed to work, and why it is valuable would be appreciated.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/m...31427452343393

Peer review is the vetting process designed to guarantee the integrity of scholarly articles by having experts read them and approve or disapprove them for publication. With researchers increasingly desperate for recognition, citations and professional advancement, the whole peer-review system has come under scrutiny in recent years for a host of flaws and irregularities, ranging from lackadaisical reviewing to cronyism to outright fraud
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