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This document is a page from a court transcript dated January 15, 2025, from the case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE. It records the direct examination of a witness named Rocchio, who explains the process of academic peer review for journals, describing it as a 'blind review' to prevent bias. Rocchio also confirms having given professional presentations and begins to define what they are.
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| Name | Role | Context |
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| Rocchio | Witness |
Mentioned in the header as the person undergoing direct examination and providing the answers ('A.') in the transcript.
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| SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. | company |
Listed at the bottom of the page as the court reporting agency.
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The document is a transcript of a formal question-and-answer session (direct examination) between an attorney/questioner and a witness (Rocchio) in a legal proceeding.
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"So the peer-review process in my field involves generally people would either solicit or send -- either the journal would solicit requests for articles or people would submit articles to a journal for publication. The journal would -- editors would then take those articles and send them out to professionals in the field who have agreed to serve as reviewers, who have some sort of expertise related to the topic of the particular article. Generally in that process it's known as a blind review -- that is, the reviewers don't know who the author is, to help protect from bias."Source
— Rocchio
(Answering the question, "What does it mean to be in a peer-reviewed journal generally?")
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"It's a presentation that is given at a professional"Source
— Rocchio
(Answering the question, "What is a professional presentation?" The answer is cut off by the end of the page.)
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 782 Filed 01/15/25 Page 21 of 158 21
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Rocchio - Direct
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Rocchio - Direct
1 A. I have.
2 Q. What does it mean to be in a peer-reviewed journal
3 generally?
4 A. So the peer-review process in my field involves generally
5 people would either solicit or send -- either the journal would
6 solicit requests for articles or people would submit articles
7 to a journal for publication. The journal would -- editors
8 would then take those articles and send them out to
9 professionals in the field who have agreed to serve as
10 reviewers, who have some sort of expertise related to the topic
11 of the particular article. Generally in that process it's
12 known as a blind review -- that is, the reviewers don't know
13 who the author is, to help protect from bias. They then are
14 asked to review and comment on the article, and then to make a
15 recommendation regarding whether the article should be
16 accepted, whether it should be -- whether the author should be
17 asked to make either minor or major revisions to the article
18 and then resubmit, or whether the article should be declined.
19 Q. You also mentioned professional presentations.
20 A. Yes.
21 Q. Have you given any professional presentations?
22 A. Yes, I have.
23 Q. Focusing on pages -- sorry. Just let me back up one
24 moment. What is a professional presentation?
25 A. It's a presentation that is given at a professional
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