Truth, Faith, and Transparency in Peer Review - Perspectives on the AFS Peer Review Process

摘要

A recent editorial (see Amos 2008 Fisheries 33:197-198) drew attention to the apparent increased publication of "faith-based science" (Hilborn 2007) through a series of personal anecdotes. The author summarized his concerns about a paper that appearedrecently in the journal Science as well as his service as a referee for AFS. Beyond simply identifying problems, he went further and proposed several revisions to the AFS peer review model. Here, I address the ideas proposed by Amos wearing my hat as chair of the AFS Publications Overview Committee (POC) and as a fellow AFS member and scientist interested in ensuring that AFS journals maintain the highest reasonable standards and remain a credible outlet for fisheries research.