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Journal of English for Research Publication PurposesVol. 1:1 (2020) ► pp. 51–65
Perspectives
Peer review
Objective screening or wishful thinking?
Ken Hyland | University of East Anglia
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.What’s it for?
- 3.What’s not to like?
- 3.1Reviewer decisions (really) matter
- 3.2Long decision delays
- 3.3Bias and subjectivity
- 3.4Condescension and rudeness
- 3.5Skulduggery and dishonesty
- 4.So what’s to be done?
- 4.1Train peer reviewers
- 4.2Reward peer reviewers
- 4.3Restructure peer reviewing
- 5.Some conclusions
- Notes
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References
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Published online: 20 May 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/jerpp.19010.hyl
https://doi.org/10.1075/jerpp.19010.hyl
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