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Why is the reliability of peer review so low?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

Donald Laming
Donald Laming
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Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, CB2 3EB, Electronic mail: [email protected]
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , March 1991 , pp. 154 - 156
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