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Nature 397, 467 (11 February 1999) | doi:10.1038/17194
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Language bias discredits the peer-review system
Antonio J. Herrera1
- Departamento de Bioquimica, Bromatologia y Toxicologia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
The system of refereeing original articles in science is based on what is called "peer judgement". The term "peer" means "equal in rank and abilities", but this is far from reality.
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