**2.5 Problems with peer reviewed papers**

Peer reviewed papers are polished up at the writing stage to make them more persuasive then they are in reality. The rhetoric of a paper is very important, and style of writing does matter, but has been given little attention in the literature. A professional scientific editor can make quite a difference to a paper because it will then come across much better. If the paper is on a current, 'Hot Topic', it will arouse more editorial interest and will probably be more likely to be published. Of course, funding bodies for research are also likely to have a special interest in these, 'Hot Topics', and many of the same persons who are on the funding organisation will later review the papers at the publication stage.
