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Peer reviewing plays a crucial role in the academic landscape, ensuring the quality and integrity of research publications. This process involves anonymous, independent, and impartial evaluations where papers are reviewed by experts in the field. Reviewers provide feedback on weaknesses and suggestions for improvement, contributing significantly to the refinement of submitted works. Although peer reviewing is not perfect, it increases the likelihood of identifying issues and enhancing the overall quality of research. This document outlines the mechanics of peer reviewing, its importance, and its impact on scientific discourse.
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Peer Reviewing Sergej Sizov
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Peer review: general idea • Anonymous • Independent • Impartial
How it works • Copy of the paper is sent to the co-chairs • Conference System • Email • Co-chairs send to reviewers • Reviewers point out: • Problems/weakness • Suggestions for improvements • Grade
Peer review • given: set of reviewers V = {v1,…,vk }, confidence grades res(vi ,d ) for submission d • collective result (restrictivity by thresholds t1 and t2 , tuning by weights w(vi ) ):
General idea: accurate restrictive decisions submissions 0 committee decision A R Bad A A0 AA AR E R R O R accepted papers real quality R RA RR R0 Irrelevant Junk JA JR J0 reduction tradeoff !
Conclusion • Peer reviewing is not perfect! • but it increases the probability that weakness will be identified and improve.