This Week in Science: Jul 4, 2008

Jul 04, 2008

The peer review process continues to have problems. In an editorial this week, Science editors discuss steps researchers and their organizations can take to improve the process. This letter from Martin Raff, Alexander Johnson, and Peter Walter suggests ways journal editors and reviewers can make peer review more efficient.

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