September 30, 2005

Peer-Review Researchers Explore Hyped Conclusions, Open Access, and Bias

By LILA GUTERMAN

REVIEWING REVIEW: Can peer review be improved? Several presentations at the Fifth International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication, held in Chicago from September 16 through 18, offered evidence in the affirmative.

One new study tackled that hot button of scientific publishing: industry financing. Veronica Yank, a medical resident at the University of Washington, reported on an unpublished study of so-called meta-analyses of drugs for treating high blood pressure. The

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