The aim of peer review for research grants and academic hiring boards is to provide expert independent judgement on the quality of research proposals and candidates. Based on findings from a recent survey, Liv Langfeldt, Dag W. Aksnes and Ingvild Reymert, find metrics continue to play a significant role in shaping these decisions, especially for reviewers who are highly ranked themselves
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All agree that peer review is an area of scholarly communications that is ripe for innovation. Howev...
The peer review process has been subjected to a steady stream of criticism in recent years. This has...
The drive to publish papers has created a hyper-competitive research environment in which researcher...
Professor Fleur Johns offers 10 rules of thumb that have guided her own reviewing efforts and may pr...
Early-career researchers are subject to higher levels of scrutiny than ever before, with publication...
The negative consequences of relying too heavily on metrics to assess research quality are well know...
During this Peer Review Week 2018, Tom Culley shares findings from the new Publons "Global State of ...
As flaws in the peer review process are highlighted and calls for reform become more frequent, it ma...
Today marks the beginning of Peer Review Week 2017. Here on the Impact Blog, we’ll be featuring post...
The current review system for many academic articles is flawed, hindering the publication of excelle...
The impact of academic research, particularly on policy and the private sector, is an increasingly i...
Despite peer review panels being the most common way of selecting applicants for research funding, l...
As the rate and volume of academic publications has risen, so too has the pressure on journal editor...
Today, academics must prepare written proposals describing the research they wish to conduct and sub...
Open peer review is moving into the mainstream, but it is often poorly understood and surveys of res...
All agree that peer review is an area of scholarly communications that is ripe for innovation. Howev...
The peer review process has been subjected to a steady stream of criticism in recent years. This has...
The drive to publish papers has created a hyper-competitive research environment in which researcher...
Professor Fleur Johns offers 10 rules of thumb that have guided her own reviewing efforts and may pr...
Early-career researchers are subject to higher levels of scrutiny than ever before, with publication...
The negative consequences of relying too heavily on metrics to assess research quality are well know...
During this Peer Review Week 2018, Tom Culley shares findings from the new Publons "Global State of ...
As flaws in the peer review process are highlighted and calls for reform become more frequent, it ma...
Today marks the beginning of Peer Review Week 2017. Here on the Impact Blog, we’ll be featuring post...
The current review system for many academic articles is flawed, hindering the publication of excelle...
The impact of academic research, particularly on policy and the private sector, is an increasingly i...