Expert Reviews of Articles

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   eugbugposted 13 months ago

   I notice another of my STEM articles was reviewed by a Hubpages member. I wonder is Hubpages doing this on an adhoc basis or are they pursuing this actively?

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      Brenda Arledgeposted 13 months agoin reply to this

      This is something new??
      I haven't seen an article being reviewed yet.

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         eugbugposted 13 months agoin reply to this

         This is what it looks like.
         
         
         
         

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            Brenda Arledgeposted 13 months agoin reply to this

            Thanks...I'll keep my eye looking to see.

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            Miebakagh57posted 13 months agoin reply to this

            It it a sort of editing or something?

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               eugbugposted 13 months agoin reply to this

               No, I presume they just read articles and check the facts are correct. Maybe they tell editors if anything needs to be changed or contact us directly. That's more likely for anything with equations because editors never touch that stuff.

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                  bravewarriorposted 13 months agoin reply to this

                  Eugene, is that how the article appears online or is it just when you're in "author view"?

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                     eugbugposted 13 months agoin reply to this

                     It's the online view, but it appears in author view also

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                        bravewarriorposted 13 months agoin reply to this

                        What would the purpose be to show that the article was reviewed and by whom? Do readers really need to know that?

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                           eugbugposted 13 months agoin reply to this

                           The idea I presume is simply to make an article appear authoritative and trustworthy, since an expert in the field has reviewed it. I'm not sure if this is the same as peer reviewing, but I've added a link below to a question on Stackexchange on the subject. Whether it makes any difference as regards Google and E-A-T is another question. Anyone can just make up fictitious characters and qualifications and make a claim on an article that it was reviewed by that person. Maybe behind the scenes, the algorithm does a background search of the person and checks their qualifications on LinkedIn or checks their CV if it's online and maybe looks for academic articles written by them on Google Scholar. But as we all know, people can even make up stuff on LinkedIn, so I'm not sure whether it's even possible to establish a person's credentials.
                           
                           https://www.searchenginejournal.com/goo … hat-is-it/
                           https://academia.stackexchange.com/ques … w-articles

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                              PaulGoodman67posted 13 months agoin reply to this

                              It's essentially peer reviewing in this case (assuming honesty), as you both appear to have a similar level of qualification.

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                                 DrMark1961posted 13 months agoin reply to this

                                 That is a great point. No one, no matter how qualified they are, should avoid having their article peer reviewed. If the person who reviews the article makes a comment you do not like you can go in and make a comment on their comment.

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                                 Solarasposted 13 months agoin reply to this

                                 The Spruce Pets has vets peer review their articles, and that appears to be pleasing to Google, as they are ranking above PH for many topics.

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                  Miebakagh57posted 13 months agoin reply to this

                  'No, I presume they just read articles and check the facts are correct'.                                              I think these writings the staff read are your references?                                      That said, it'll teach those guys and gals not to touch chart bot AI to generated contents I bet.

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   PaulGoodman67posted 13 months ago

   Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
   
   How do we know this Kelley guy has a degree in Physics? Who reviewed him?

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      Miebakagh57posted 13 months agoin reply to this

      PaulGoodman, thank you. I'm wondering too. And this is the second time  I hear you talk latin. I think you should be a great latin teacher here. Thanks again.

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   eugbugposted 12 months ago

   I just got a reply back from Wikihow to say that I can claim the articles they used as references were reviewed by them. So I think I'll add this at the top of articles. They're not peer reviews by individual experts, so maybe I should enquire further to discover whether their peer reviewer did the reviewing?

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   eugbugposted 10 months ago

   Wikihow said I could claim my articles were peer reviewed by them. Unfortunately Hubages disallowed this because Wikihow couldn't identify who read the articles (Presumably they must do this if they're cited in their references).

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   psycheskinnerposted 10 months ago

   I may be an academic snob, but to me, a bachelor's degree alone does not an expert make.
   
   I wonder if HubPages has considered using the expert base already present in their writers.
   
   I'd also be cautious about calling something reviewed by peers "peer-reviewed".  That phrase while technically not incorrect evokes the formal peer-review process of a research journal which has a lot more to it. For example, review before publication with the possibility of rejection, the use of multiple vetted reviewers under an editor etc.

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      Miebakagh57posted 10 months agoin reply to this

      If a bachelor degree holder spent 30 years in a research, teaching, or fine-toning a career, couldn't that be count as an expertise notwithstaning the peer-review question?

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         psycheskinnerposted 10 months agoin reply to this

         Of course, expertise does not come entirely or necessarily from academia.  But I would see the bachelors (just the bachelors alone and nothing else)  as a foundation, not the finished product.
         
         That said, there is also expertise to peer review as an activity  which includes understanding that you attach your name and reputation to anything you openly review.  So it is an endorsement not to be taken lightly.

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            Miebakagh57posted 10 months agoin reply to this

            You've amplified the issue much in a refreshing magnitude. Thank you.

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