Why training and specialization is needed for peer review: a case study of peer review for randomized controlled trials

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[1] Bero L(1995)The Cochrane Collaboration. Preparing, maintaining, and disseminating systematic reviews of the effects of health care JAMA 274 1935-1938

[2] Rennie D(1997)Cholesterol lowering with simvastatin improves prognosis of diabetic patients with coronary heart disease. A subgroup analysis of the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S) Diabetes Care 20 614-620

[3] Pyŏrälä K(1996)Improving the quality of reporting of randomized controlled trials. The CONSORT statement JAMA 276 637-639

[4] Pedersen TR(2004)Clinical trial registration: a statement from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors N Engl J Med 351 1250-1251

[5] Kjekshus J(2006)Peer review: a flawed process at the heart of science and journals J R Soc Med 99 178-82

[6] Faergeman O(1998)Effect of blinding and unmasking on the quality of peer review: a randomized trial JAMA 280 234-237

[7] Olsson AG(1999)Effect of open peer review on quality of reviews and on reviewers' recommendations: a randomised trial BMJ 318 23-27

[8] Thorgeirsson G(1999)Opening up BMJ peer review BMJ 318 4-2786

[9] Begg C(2013)Re-review opt out and painless publishing BMC Biology 11 18-161

[10] Cho M(2002)Effects of editorial peer review: a systematic review JAMA 287 2784-514