Why Be My Colleague's Keeper? Moral justifications for peer review

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 531-540

  Cain, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individualism; Moral economy of science; Peer review; Social contract

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONTRACT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; PEER REVIEW; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; WRITING;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONTRACTS; EDITORIAL POLICIES; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PEER REVIEW; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PUBLISHING; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SCIENCE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0033205916     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-999-0053-2     Document Type: Article

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