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Nature 430, 7 (1 July 2004) | doi:10.1038/430007b; Published online 1 July 2004

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Academics seek to cast peer review as a public service

Declan Butler

Scientists have been rapped on the knuckles by a panel of academics who spent more than a year assessing public awareness of peer review.The panel's report, published on 24 June, says that researchers and their institutions should explain the importance of peer review to the public to help them to weigh up scientific claims.