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"Wiki-Like" Peer Review Flounders In Nature

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Wikis have been a hot topic this year, and most of the stories about them have been both positive and optimistic. Everybody likes wikis, a lot of individuals (and businesses and organizations) want them. But a recent open peer review experiment at the scientific journal Nature has failed, and some people are now second-guessing the model. Nature was surprisingly open about how poorly the trial had gone. "The intention was to explore the interest of researchers in a particular model of open peer review, whether as authors or as reviewers," a Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl Bookmark Murdok: Doug is a staff writer for Murdok for the latest eBusiness news.

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