Characterization of the peer review network at the Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health.

ABSTRACT: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the largest source of funding for biomedical research in the world. This funding is largely effected through a competitive grants process. Each year the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) at NIH manages the evaluation, by peer review, of more than 55,000 grant applications. A relevant management question is how this scientific evaluation system, supported by finite resources, could be continuously evaluated and improved for maximal benefit to the scientific community and the taxpaying public. Towards this purpose, we have created the first system-level description of peer review at CSR by applying text analysis, bibliometric, and graph visualization techniques to administrative records. We identify otherwise latent relationships across scientific

SUBMITTER: Boyack KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4132088 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature