ABSTRACT Peer review is central to academic publishing. Yet for many it is a mysterious and contentious practice, which can cause distress for both reviewers, and those whose work is reviewed. This paper, produced by the Editors’ Collective, examines the past and future of peer review in academic publishing. The first sections consider how peer review has been defined and practised in changing academic contexts, and its educational significance in the development of scholarship. The paper then explores major historical and contemporary issues around identity, diversity, anonymity, and the review process, and the related power of editors versus reviewers in academic publishing. Finally, the paper discusses the case of new scholars as reviewers engaging in neoliberal labour, before concluding with some brief recommendations based on our analysis.

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学术出版中的同行评审仍然有效吗？

摘要同行评审是学术出版的核心。然而，对于许多人来说，这是一种神秘而有争议的做法，可能使审稿人和被审稿人感到困扰。由编辑集体撰写的本文探讨了学术出版领域同行评审的过去和未来。第一部分讨论了如何在不断变化的学术环境中定义和实践同行评议，及其在学术发展中的教育意义。然后，本文探讨了有关身份，多样性，匿名性和审阅过程以及学术出版中编辑与审稿人的相关权力的主要历史和当代问题。最后，本文讨论了新学者作为审阅新自由主义劳工的审稿人的案例，然后根据我们的分析得出了一些简短的建议。