THE GLOBAL CYBERCONFERENCE ON PEER REVIEW IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
EXTENDED TO MONDAY, 14 JUNE
The cyberconference has been so far very successful in eliciting interest
from over 30 countries on every continent. If you go to the website, you
will see that 50 responses have been made to the original 30 topics:
http://www.sciencecity.org.uk/cyberconference.html
In response to the continuing interest, we plan to extend the conference
to next Monday. In particular, we wish to draw your attention to the
penultimate topic, which is on the feasibility of journals and especially
funding agencies establishing a licensing procedure for peer reviewers. In
other words, someone who does not regularly review could be entered into a
databank of reviewers and gain a credential in the process, thereby
(presumably) counteracting some of the self-perpetuating ('old boys')
tendencies of current peer review regimes.
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]
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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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