1.   A peer review would require no more than a scan of the vast international medical literature.

2.   A system of peer review was also introduced to make qualitative judgments about teaching abilities.

3.   About half of the papers are rejected after being read by two editors without being sent for external peer review.

4.   In academic research we submit our findings to rigorous peer review.

5.   It was never published in a reputable journal or subjected to the normal peer review.

6.   The articles amount to premature judgment of an issue that has yet to be subjected to valid peer review.

7.   The method can thus also be used as form of peer review.

8.   The UFC rates Departments for their contributions to national and international research, and allocates funds to Universities based on peer reviews of both their teaching and research standards.

9.   Gaston came to similar conclusions in a study of peer review, although he cautioned that the relationship between productivity and recognition is not straightforward.