ABSTRACT
This chapter is devoted to a broad-based examination of the scientific peerreview process, the centuries-old method whereby members of a scientific community hopefully receive the
imprimatur
of fellow scientists as to the validity and value of their written work. This process, extensively expanded in today’s genetically enhanced academic ambience, has been increasingly cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in the past decade as one of the primary factors to be considered by trial judges in their gatekeeping function of only allowing
reliable
science to serve as support for the opinion of an expert witness.
