The Peerless Review, as the name suggests, aims to efficiently disseminate quality scholarship while avoiding the traditional process of peer review. Recent studies have shown that peer review is no longer serving many of its purposes. Substantial evidence indicates that the peer review process’s identification of excellent research is largely arbitrary. Put differently, the traditional approach does not consistently maintain a standard of quality for what gets published. Further, there are many ways that bias infiltrate peer review – especially when it comes to qualitative research in the humanities and social sciences. For a more detailed demonstration of the shortcomings of the traditional review process, see this overview by the editor of the journal.
