Hello everyone,

At the outset, thanks to Rick for creating this forum to discuss a myriad of things on scholarly publishing.

I am a little intrigued by just one word in the following sentence in Lisa's post (in the Scholarly Kitchen post, actually): "This article has been certified by peer review, which means scholars in the field advised at the time of review it was worth this journal...". Admitting to my rather limited knowledge in publishing and peer review, I think the latter is not any kind of "certification". This might sound very semantic and a bit trivial but it is precisely such a choice of words that may result in overstating the value of peer review in today's publishing context. It would probably be correct to say traditional peer review "recommends" rather than certifies.

Happy discussing! :) :)

Best,
Pavi