The origins of the modern peer review system at both scientific journals and funding bodies\u2014and how young peer review as a practice actually is.\nIn Referees We Trust? investigates the origins of the peer review system, a system that is often considered the essential mechanism that protects the trustworthiness of scientific research. Melinda Baldwin traces the first refereeing systems to journals affiliated with scientific societies in the early nineteenth century and follows refereeing as it spread from Britain to the United States. She finds that the refereeing system was not immediately embraced by all scientific journals; many institutions deliberately eschewed refereeing and were not seen as less reliable because of that choice.\nThe book shows that the modern link between peer review\n\nIn Referees We Trust?\nHow Peer Review Became a Mark of Scientific Legitimacy\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail trac;