{"id":973,"date":"2010-02-02T18:11:57","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T17:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/?p=973"},"modified":"2014-07-29T10:16:19","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T09:16:19","slug":"liz-wager-on-stem-cell-scientists-criticisms-of-peer-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2010\/02\/02\/liz-wager-on-stem-cell-scientists-criticisms-of-peer-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Liz Wager on stem cell scientists&#8217; criticisms of peer review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/site\/blog\/icons\/lizwager.jpg\" alt=\"Liz Wager\" width=\"162\" height=\"110\" align=\"left\" \/>Stem cell researchers from some major international institutions have written an open letter to journal editors complaining that they have received unreasonable and obstructive reviews (<a title=\"Euro Stem Cell\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/search?q=(http:\/\/www.eurostemcell.org\/commentanalysis\/peer-review).&amp;src=IE-Address\" target=\"_self\">Euro Stem Cell<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Although the letter was published in June 2009 it was picked up by the media today. According to broadcast interviews, the researchers claim that peer review is sometimes used by their competitors to block or delay publication, for example by requiring further experiments to be done. The people behind the letter suggest such abuses of peer review might be prevented if journals published reviewers\u2019 comments alongside articles. They note that the <a title=\"EMBO Journal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/emboj\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">EMBO Journal <\/a>has adopted this policy and, in fact, <a title=\"BioMed Central's Medical Journals\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biomedcentral.com\/browse\/journals\/\" target=\"_self\">BioMed Central\u2019s medical journals <\/a>have been doing it for years, and go one step further by publishing the reviewers\u2019 names (whereas the stem-cell scientists suggested the reviews should be anonymous). Of course, publishing reviewers\u2019 comments won\u2019t do anything for papers that are rejected but it\u2019s certainly an interesting proposal. The <a title=\"BMJ \" href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\" target=\"_self\">BMJ<\/a> has used open peer review for some time now, so that authors know who reviewed their article, but the process is closed as far as readers are concerned. Before introducing the system, the BMJ did some experiments to see whether open review would make reviewers more conscientious, thorough or polite. Rather disappointingly, it didn\u2019t seem to make any difference, but at least the studies showed that open review was feasible, as only a few reviewers refused to cooperate.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s possible that people reviewing for an international, general journal might feel differently when reviewing for a local or highly specialised journal, since the chances of knowing the authors and therefore being concerned about the effect of criticising their work might differ. I certainly feel differently about signing a review (especially when it\u2019s critical) if I know the author personally. The stem-cell researchers suggest reviews should remain anonymous, but that makes it impossible for readers to judge whether the reviewer has a competing interest and I have my doubts whether anybody outside the field would be able to judge whether reviewers\u2019 comments were reasonable, but transparency sounds like a good idea. Others may argue that anonymity is essential to protect reviewers and ensure they can be candid without fearing the consequences. Most journals have stuck with traditional, rather than open, review and there\u2019s no convincing evidence about which system is better, but if the stem-cell researchers\u2019 letter makes editors think about their peer review systems, that at least will be a good thing.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Liz Wager<\/strong> is a freelance medical writer, editor, and trainer. She is the current chair of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stem cell researchers from some major international institutions have written an open letter to journal editors complaining that they have received unreasonable and obstructive reviews (Euro Stem Cell) [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2010\/02\/02\/liz-wager-on-stem-cell-scientists-criticisms-of-peer-review\/\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1404],"tags":[14764,199,1560],"class_list":["post-973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liz-wager","tag-liz-wager","tag-peer-review","tag-stem-cell"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Liz Wager on stem cell scientists&#039; 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