The Influence of Peer Reviewer Expertise on the Evaluation of Research Funding Applications.

ABSTRACT: Although the scientific peer review process is crucial to distributing research investments, little has been reported about the decision-making processes used by reviewers. One key attribute likely to be important for decision-making is reviewer expertise. Recent data from an experimental blinded review utilizing a direct measure of expertise has found that closer intellectual distances between applicant and reviewer lead to harsher evaluations, possibly suggesting that information is differentially sampled across subject-matter expertise levels and across information type (e.g. strengths or weaknesses). However, social and professional networks have been suggested to play a role in reviewer scoring. In an effort to test whether this result can be replicated in a real-world unblinded study

SUBMITTER: Gallo SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5074495 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature