The science of science (SOS) is a rapidly developing field which aims to understand,
quantify and predict scientific research and the resulting outcomes. The problem is …

Background: Peer review decisions award an estimated> 95% of academic medical
research funding, so it is crucial to understand how well they work and if they could be …

Despite efforts to promote diversity in the biomedical workforce, there remains a lower rate of
funding of National Institutes of Health R01 applications submitted by African …

The rhetoric of “excellence” is pervasive across the academy. It is used to refer to research
outputs as well as researchers, theory and education, individuals and organizations, from art …

'Required reading for everyone'Adam Rutherford Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science
Book Prize 2021 Medicine, education, psychology, economics-wherever it really matters, we …

Publications in top journals today have a powerful influence on academic careers although
there is much criticism of using journal rankings to evaluate individual articles. We ask why …

The time-honored mechanism of allocating funds based on ranking of proposals by scientific
peer review is no longer effective, because review panels cannot accurately stratify …

Abstract Background The Health Research Council of New Zealand is the first major
government funding agency to use a lottery to allocate research funding for their Explorer …

Scientific grants are awarded almost exclusively on the basis of an independent peer review
of a proposal submitted by the principal investigator (PI). The writing and reviewing of these …

Abstract In 2013 the Health Research Council of New Zealand began a stream of funding
titled 'Explorer Grants', and in 2017 changes were introduced to the funding mechanisms of …