THE GLOBAL CYBERCONFERENCE ON PEER REVIEW IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
Friday 28 May to Thursday 10 June 1999
This cyberconference is now running on all aspects of peer review
processes in the resourcing and publication of academic work, with special
reference to the social sciences. You are invited to participate through
the following website: http://www.sciencecity.org.uk/cyberconference.html
The conference is framed around 30 topics which are listed at the end of
this message. They range from conceptual to practical issues surrounding
the varied and changing environments in which peer review processes
operate. Depending on the level of participation, the conference may be
extended beyond the deadline. The proceedings will be converted into a
publicly available archive.
This cyberconference is sponsored by the United Kingdom's Economic and
Social Research Council and conducted from the server at the Science
Policy Support Group, London. The texts framing the terms of this
cyberconference were written by Steve Fuller, Professor of Sociology,
University of Durham, UK. He is solely responsible for their content and
may be contacted at [log in to unmask] For information concerning
the technical side of the cyberconference, contact [log in to unmask]
The cyberconference topics include:
Absolute Peers: beyond the old boys network
Towards a more inclusive absolute peerage?
Relative Peers: beyond research ghettos
Relative peers: does the problem lie with our metaphors?
Peers away from the front lines of research
Contract workers as a special problem for peer review
What is the role of 'track record' in peer review?
Should track record be treated as a plus or minus?
Revising track record measures for publications
Revising track record measures for grants
Organizing peer review: alternative criteria of evaluation
Organizing peer review: alternative models for structuring the
evaluative process
Proportional representation on peer review panels?
Is there peer pressure amongst peer reviewers?
Can peer review get beyond consensus-based thinking?
Ethical problems with peer reviewing
How to prevent intellectual property theft during peer review?
Proposal A
How to prevent intellectual property theft during peer review?
Proposal B
How to prevent intellectual property theft during peer review?
Proposal C
What should peers know about their role in the review process?
Should peer review processes be made more negotiable?
The tradeoff between anonymity and peer representation
Differences between peer review in the natural and social sciences
Peer reviewing international work
Peer reviewing interdisciplinary work
Peer reviewing critical work
Is there a sharp distinction between peer- and nonpeer-based review
processes?
Expanding the pool of peers: should there be a licensing procedure?
Must the rich become richer?: resource problems associated with peer
review
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Steve Fuller
Professor of Sociology
University of Durham
Durham DH1 3JT
United Kingdom
Fax: 44+ (0)191 374 4743
Phone: 44+ (0)191 374 2324
after 1 August 1999
Professor of Sociology
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL
United Kingdom
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