Adam Mastroianni on Peer Review and the Academic Kitchen

Adam Mastroianni, a postdoctoral research scholar at Columbia University and author of the Substack newsletter Experimental History, critiques the peer review process, declaring it a failed experiment. He discusses how major errors slip through while replicable papers often don’t get published. Mastroianni suggests that instead of fixing peer review, a complete rethinking is necessary. He emphasizes the importance of better incentives and advocates for a shift toward more impactful, accessible research that prioritizes quality over quantity.