Hello all,

Thought some of you might find this preprint of interest: 

Empirically investigating purported resistance to new ideas at journal peer review:
Gaudet, J. 2014. How pre-publication journal peer review (re)produces ignorance at scientific and medical journals: a case study. 

http://ruor.uottawa.ca/bitstream/10393/31198/5/how_peer_review_reproduces_ignorance_gaudet.pdf

Your insights are welcome!

All the best,

Joanne

Joanne Gaudet
PhD Candidate (ABD), Sociology
Personal websites - ignorancemobilization.com/ and NEW! http://peerreview.academy/
University of Ottawa

Volunteer webmaster - Sociology of Ignorance - sociologyofignorance.com/