In this episode, the Gwartney Institute discusses issues within Academia. To earn merit within Academia, one is almost required to have some of their work published in a journal, the more prestigious, the better. Yet, there has been an increase in the discussion that the peer-review system is flawed and may be doing more harm than good. The system incentives scholars to create within a narrow scope and to deny one's own story in an effort to present only information. Has academia lost its identity?
Timeline
Peer Review's Role in Academia / 2:00
Journal Prestige / 7:25
Problems with Peer Review / 12:15
On a Need-to-Know Basis / 17:00
Insular Self-Publishing / 21:00
Narrow Scope and Barriers for Viewing / 25:30
How Do We Maintain the Spread of Knowledge? / 31:40
Unmask Identity / 38:00