Transforming Our Culture of Peer Review

摘要

A privilege of being ASA president is writing this column and speaking directly to ASA members. This month, I'd like to discuss with you an issue that has been an ongoing source of frustration for many of us-one that more than ever threatens the impact of our discipline in this new era of unprecedented discovery, Big Data, and data science. This challenge is the long-standing culture of peer review in most scholarly journals in our discipline. One that is too slow and too critical. That has driven some members of our profession to seek alternative outlets for their work. That we as a profession must address.