165 – Dr Michael Brown – The Peer Review Process

In today’s episode, I talk to Dr Michael Brown from Monash University about the peer review process in science.

We talk about:

– What the Peer Review Process is

– How the Peer Review Process helps

– The issues with Peer Review

– What is the issue with positive and negative scientific results?

– The effects of these on the various areas of science

– What is being done to reduce these issues with the process?

Today’s listener of the episode is Angela Boldt from Texas, USA.

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Dr Brown’s article in The Conversation: Peer Review isn’t perfect and the media doesn’t always help