There has been a surge of interest in research integrity over the last decade, with a wide
range of studies investigating the prevalence of questionable research practices (QRPs) …

A large part of governmental research funding is currently distributed through the peer
review of project proposals. In this paper, we argue that such funding systems incentivize …

The paper contributes to the literature on gender gap in research investigating whether there
is a gender gap in research evaluation. We use detailed data on 180,000 research papers …

Peer review is a basic component of the scientific process, but its performance has seldom
been evaluated systematically. To determine whether pre-approval characteristics of …

Grant-writing and grant-getting are key to success in many academic disciplines, but
research points to gender gaps in both, especially as careers progress. Using a sample of …

The robustness of scholarly peer review has been challenged by evidence of disparities in
publication outcomes based on author's gender and nationality. To address this, we …

Peer review is widely used to assess grant applications so that the highest ranked
applications can be funded. A number of studies have questioned the ability of peer review …

Background Peer reviewed research is paramount to the advancement of science. Ideally,
the peer review process is an unbiased, fair assessment of the scientific merit and credibility …

Peer Review of Interdisciplinary Research Proposals* Page 1 Peer Review of Interdisciplinary
Research Proposals* Alan L. Porter and Frederick A. Rossini The peer review of research …

Background Peer review is assumed to improve the quality of research reports as tools for
scientific communication, yet strong evidence that this outcome is obtained consistently has …