Is peer-review broken? Should peer-review be double-blind? Is open peer-review the way forward? Join a panel of journal editors, journalists and academics for a lively debate about peer-review and its flaws.
Panelists:
Tom Reller – Vice President and Head of Global Relations at Elsevier
Richard Van Noorden – Senior Reporter at Nature
Tiago Villanueva – Editorial Registrar at the BMJ
Maria Kowalczuk – Deputy Biology Editor at BioMed Central
Peter Ayton – Associate Dean of Research at City University
Nikolaus Kriegeskorte – Principal Investigator at the Medical Research Council, Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit.
Chair:
Connie St Louis – Director, City University Science Journalism MA and award winning journalist.
The event is FREE! But registration is essential.
All are welcome and if you can’t make it in person, please follow the liveblog on twitter using the #prwdebate hashtag.
Drinks and canapés will be served after the debate.
Any questions please contact Lindsay McKenzie: [email protected]
Hosted by Peer Review Watch (http://peerreviewwatch.wordpress.com/)