Reviewers' ratings and bibliometric indicators: hand in hand when assessing over research proposals?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The peer review system has been traditionally challenged due to its many limitations especially for allocating funding. Bibliometric indicators may well present themselves as a complement.

Objective

We analyze the relationship between peers' ratings and bibliometric indicators for Spanish researchers in the 2007 National R&D Plan for 23 research fields.

Methods and materials

We analyze peers' ratings for 2333 applications. We also gathered principal investigators' research output and impact and studied the differences between accepted and rejected applications. We used the Web of Science database and focused on the 2002-2006 period. First, we analyzed the distribution of granted and rejected proposals considering a given set of bibliometric indicators to te

SUBMITTER: Cabezas-Clavijo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3695904 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature