The Scientific Referee System

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Scientific Paper
Title The Scientific Referee System
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Author(s) M H MacRoberts
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Published 1980
Journal Speculations in Science and Technology
Volume 3
Number 5
Pages 573-578

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Abstract

There has been very little written about the scientific referee system but a lot has been implied. It seems to be widely believed that the system works well, even though there are cases of disparate judgement. These however ~ usually explained away in an ad hoc fashion. We find that novelty is characteristically resisted by scientists and suggest reasons for this.