Praise and Criticism

Praise and Criticism

Introduction

Although reviews have been paid little attention in scholarly research, they have, at times, been controversial, igniting interesting reactions and responses. Hyland argued that no one person with his or her own particular biases or preferences should be allowed to do it for too long, “the it” referring to being the editor of reviews. Hyland asserted that too many excellent books are published with too little space allotted to reviews of the books in journals and that the publish-or-perish pressures? that create both an “administrative double-standard” of get reviewed but don't review and a “disciplinary double standard” ...