I think that its major role is in fields where there is serious basic
disagreement azmong qualified people about the nature of the subject or the
appropriate research methods. As an outsider, I will hazard the guess that
this applies to some of the social science fields in particular.
Greg Kuperberg wrote:
>
...
> but I agree with you that peer review
> needs more structure than just letting readers "write in the margins".
> That's been tried before: it may be okay for Amazon.com but it will
> never work for math papers.
> --
> /\ Greg Kuperberg (UC Davis)
> / \
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> \/ * All the math that's fit to e-print *
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