tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456348657596914237.post4681287753865163920..comments2024-03-28T08:16:02.178-04:00Comments on Eco-Evo Evo-Eco: What if all my papers were reviews?Ben Hallerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875404974157070805noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456348657596914237.post-53409147062834910022016-10-29T13:56:45.314-04:002016-10-29T13:56:45.314-04:00I'd like to mention another benefit of review ...I'd like to mention another benefit of review papers to science (and society). Science is not a set of isolated domains of research, of course. Science in any one domain routinely depends on results in other domain, which provide inspiration for new ideas, and provide background information that can be at least provisionally taken for granted when developing experiments, models, etc., and in justifying conclusions about experimental results. Yet it's not possible to be well-versed in every domain upon which one's research might come to depend. Sometimes scientists have lab members with expertise in other domains, but I doubt that this is always possible or even necessary. Review articles can play an essential role in making results in one domain available in useful ways to researchers in other domains. To the extent that this is so, review articles play a crucial role in scientific progress, and more fundamentally, in the justification of scientific results.mars0ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05791487029413606315noreply@blogger.com