Ars Technica: Can we trust peer review? New study highlights some problems
A technology news and information website Ars Technica published an article on the new research paper by Stefano Balietti, Robert L. Goldstone, and Dirk Helbing.
external page The article was published in July 2016. The research paper "external page Peer review and competition in the Art Exhibition Game" by Balietti, Goldstone and Helbing was recently published in PNAS.
"Peer review is intended to act as a gatekeeper in science. If working researchers deem a paper fit to be published, it should mean that the research is sound, rigorous, and accurate. But an experimental analysis of peer review suggests that peer review might also end up rejecting high-quality material. The analysis points to high levels of competition as the source of the problem," Ars Technica wrote.