Our Bibliography of Peer Review Literature
The peer review process is used by organizations around the world to identify good, promising science. However, peer review can be implemented in many ways, and surprisingly, dialogue among organizations managing peer review is limited. Although literature about peer review (and particularly peer review of grant applications) is scant, there have been some studies addressing review practices, challenges and guidelines.
Compiled below is a reference list of 368 scientific articles, sorted into 23 categories, concerning the processes, outcomes and validations of the scientific peer review process, particularly focusing on peer review of applications for funding. This list is sorted by topic area and represents a centralized body of knowledge intended as a reference for those conducting/participating in peer review and those who are interested in the outcomes of the process.
- Aibs Papers18
- Assignment Load4
- Conflict of Interest and Bias43
- Critique and Text Analysis10
- Decision Making Emotion and Risk18
- Funding Strategy9
- Gender11
- General Peer Review108
- General Science25
- H Index Citations and Bibliometrics40
- Innovation10
- Inter Rater Reliability22
- Nih and Nsf38
- Open Peer Review8
- Panel Discussion8
- Peer Review Technology12
- Resubmission3
- Reviewer Pi Demographics8
- Scoring Scale4
- Team Performance18
- Training3
- Triage2
- Validation and Impact51
Aibs Papers
Barnett AG, Glisson SR, Gallo SA. “Do funding applications where peer reviewers disagree have higher citations? A cross-sectional study.” f1000research.com.
Carpenter AS, Sullivan JH, Deshmukh A, Glisson SR, & Gallo SA. “A retrospective analysis of the effect of discussion in teleconference and face-to-face scientific peer-review panels.” BMJ Open. 8 September, 2015.
Chandrasekharan, S., Zaka, M., Gallo, S., Zhao, W., Korobskiy, D., Warnow, T., & Chacko, G. (2020). Finding scientific communities in citation graphs: Articles and authors. Quantitative Science Studies. Advance publication. https://doi.org/10.1162 /qss_a_00095
Gallo SA et al. “The Validation of Peer Review through Research Impact Measures and the Implications for Funding Strategies.” 2014 PLoS ONE 9(9): e106474. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0106474
Gallo SA, Carpenter AS, Glisson SR (2013) “Teleconference Versus Face-to-Face Scientific Peer Review of Grant Application: Effects on Review Outcomes.” PLoS ONE 8(8).
Gallo SA, LeMaster M, Glisson SR. “Frequency and Type of Conflicts of Interest in the Peer Review of Basic Biomedical Research Funding Applications: Self-Reporting Versus Manual Detection.” Sci Eng Ethics. 2015 Feb 4.
Gallo SA, Schmaling KB (2022) “Peer review: Risk and risk tolerance.” PLoS ONE 17(8): e0273813. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273813
Gallo SA, Schmaling KB, Thompson LA, and Glisson SR. “Grant Review Feedback: Appropriateness and Usefulness.” Science and Engineering Ethics. 27 (18) March, 2021.
Gallo SA, Sullivan JH, & Croslan DR. “Scientists from Minority-Serving Institutions and Their Participation in Grant Peer Review.” BioScience. 2022; 72 (3) 289–299.
Gallo SA, Sullivan JH, Glisson SR “The Influence of Peer Reviewer Expertise on the Evaluation of Research Funding Applications.” PLOS ONE. 21 October, 2016.
Gallo SA, Thompson LA, Schmaling KB, Glisson SR. “The Participation and Motivations of Grant Peer Reviewers: A Comprehensive Survey..” Sci Eng Ethics. July, 2019. (Pre-print available)
Gallo SA, Thompson LA, Schmaling KB, Glisson SR. “Risk evaluation in peer review of grant applications.” Environment Systems and Decisions. 24 February, 2018.
Gallo, S.A., Schmaling, K.B., Thompson, L.A., and Glisson, S.R. Grant reviewer perceptions of the quality, effectiveness, and influence of panel discussion. Res Integr Peer Rev. 2020; 5:(7).
Gallo, SA, Pearce, M, Lee, CJ & Erosheva, EA. “A new approach to grant review assessments: score, then rank.” Res Integr Peer Rev. 2023; 8, 10.
Irwin D, Gallo SA, Glisson SR. “Opinion: Learning from Peer Review.” The Scientist. 2013 May 24.
Schmaling, KB & Gallo, SA. “Gender differences in peer reviewed grant applications, awards, and amounts: a systematic review and meta-analysis.” Res Integr Peer Rev. 2023; 8, 2.
Schmaling, KB, Evenson, GR, Marble, BK, & Gallo, SA. “Perceptions of grant peer reviewers: a mixed methods study.” Research Evaluation, 2024; Volume 33 rvae050
Stephen A. Gallo, Scott R. Glisson. “External Tests of Peer Review Validity Via Impact Measures.” Front. Res. Metr. Anal. 23 August 2018
Assignment Load
Cook,WD, Golany B, Kress M, Penn M. Optimal Allocation of Proposals to Reviewers to Facilitate Effective Ranking. Manage Sci. 2005;51(4):655-61.
Gallo SA, Thompson LA, Schmaling KB, Glisson SR. “The Participation and Motivations of Grant Peer Reviewers: A Comprehensive Survey..” Sci Eng Ethics. July, 2019. (Pre-print available)
Li L, Wang Y, Liu G, Wang M, Wu X. Context-Aware Reviewer Assignment for Trust Enhanced Peer Review. PLoS One. 2015 Jun 19;10(6):e0130493.
Snell, R. R. Menage a quoi? Optimal number of peer reviewers. PloS One 2015; 10(4), e0120838
Conflict of Interest and Bias
Abdoul H, Perrey C, Tubach F, Amiel P, Durand-Zaleski I, Alberti C. Non-financial Conflicts of Interest in Academic Grant Evaluation: A Qualitative Study of Multiple Stakeholders in France. PLoS One. 2012;7(4):e35247.
Arms W. Ethics: Trust and Reputation on the Web. Nature 2006.
Bekelman JE, Li Y, Gross CP. Scope and Impact of Financial Conflicts of Interest in Biomedical Research: A Systematic Review. JAMA. 2003 Jan 22-29;289(4):454-65.
Benos D. Ethics: Detecting Misconduct. Nature 2006.
Bhattacharjee Y. Science Funding. NSF’s ‘Big Pitch’ Tests Anonymized Grant Reviews. Science. 2012 May 25;336(6084):969-70.
Bornmann L, Daniel HD. Selection of Research Fellowship Recipients by Committee Peer Review. Reliability, Fairness and Predictive Validity of Board of Trustees’ Decisions. Scientometrics. 2005;63(2):297-320.
Bornmann L. Research Misconduct–Definitions, Manifestations and Extent. Publications. 2013;1(3):87-98.
Boudreau KJ, Eva G, Lakhani KR, Riedl C. Looking Across and Looking Beyond the Knowledge Frontier: Intellectual Distance and Resource Allocation in Science. Available at SSRN. 2014.
Bromham L, Dinnage R, and Hua X. “Interdisciplinary research has consistently lower funding success.” Nature 534, no. 7609 (2016): 684.
Chandrasekharan, S., Zaka, M., Gallo, S., Zhao, W., Korobskiy, D., Warnow, T., & Chacko, G. (2020). Finding scientific communities in citation graphs: Articles and authors. Quantitative Science Studies. Advance publication. https://doi.org/10.1162 /qss_a_00095
Coats AJ, Nijjer SS, Francis DP. Protecting the Pipeline of Science: Openness, Scientific Methods and the Lessons from Ticagrelor and the PLATO Trial. Int J Cardiol. 2014 Oct 20;176(3):600-4.
De Martino B, Kumaran D, Seymour B, Dolan RJ. Frames, Biases, and Rational Decision-Making in the Human Brain. Science. 2006 Aug 4;313(5787):684-7.
Drazen JM, De Leeuw PW, Laine C, Mulrow C, Deangelis CD, Frizelle FA, Godlee F, Haug C, Hébert PC, James A, Kotzin S, Marusic A, Reyes H, Rosenberg J, Sahni P, Van Der Weyden MB, Zhaori G. Toward More Uniform Conflict Disclosures: The Updated ICMJE Conflict of Interest Reporting Form. Natl Med J India. 2010 Jul-Aug;23(4):196-7.
Gallo SA, LeMaster M, Glisson SR. “Frequency and Type of Conflicts of Interest in the Peer Review of Basic Biomedical Research Funding Applications: Self-Reporting Versus Manual Detection.” Sci Eng Ethics. 2015 Feb 4.
Gallo SA, Schmaling KB (2022) “Peer review: Risk and risk tolerance.” PLoS ONE 17(8): e0273813. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273813
Gallo SA, Schmaling KB, Thompson LA, and Glisson SR. “Grant Review Feedback: Appropriateness and Usefulness.” Science and Engineering Ethics. 27 (18) March, 2021.
Gallo SA, Sullivan JH, & Croslan DR. “Scientists from Minority-Serving Institutions and Their Participation in Grant Peer Review.” BioScience. 2022; 72 (3) 289–299.
Gallo SA, Sullivan JH, Glisson SR “The Influence of Peer Reviewer Expertise on the Evaluation of Research Funding Applications.” PLOS ONE. 21 October, 2016.
Gallo SA, Thompson LA, Schmaling KB, Glisson SR. “Risk evaluation in peer review of grant applications.” Environment Systems and Decisions. 24 February, 2018.
Ginther, D. K., Basner, J., Jensen, U., Schnell, J., Kington, R., & Schaffer, W. T. (2018). “Publications as predictors of racial and ethnic differences in NIH research awards.” PloS one, 13(11), e0205929.
Ginther, D. K., Schaffer, W. T., Schnell, J., Masimore, B., Liu, F., Haak, L. L., & Kington, R. Race, ethnicity, and NIH research awards. Science. 2011;333(6045), 1015-1019.
Hodgson C. Evaluation of Cardiovascular Grant-in-aid Applications by Peer Review: Influence of Internal and External Reviewers and Committees. Can J Cardiol. 1995 Nov;11(10):864-8.
Hoppe TA, Litovitz A, Willis KA, Meseroll RA, Perkins MJ, Hutchins BI, Davis AF, Lauer MS, Valantine HA, Anderson JM, Santangelo GM. “Topic choice contributes to the lower rate of NIH awards to African-American/black scientists.” Science Advances. 2019 Oct 1;5(10):eaaw7238.
Kaatz A, Magua W, Zimmerman DR, Carnes M. A Quantitative Linguistic Analysis of National Institutes of Health R01 Application Critiques from Investigators at One Institution. Acad Med. 2015 Jan;90(1):69-75
Kolehmainen C, & Carnes M (2018). “Who resembles a scientific leader—Jack or Jill? How implicit bias could influence research grant funding.” Circulation, 137(8), 769-770.
Kotchen TA, Lindquist T, Miller Sostek A, Hoffmann R, Malik K, Stanfield B. Outcomes of National Institutes of Health Peer Review of Clinical Grant Applications. J Investig Med. 2006 Jan;54(1):13-9.
Langfeldt L. The Policy Challenges of Peer Review: Managing Bias, Conflict of Interests and Interdisciplinary Assessments. Res Eval. 2006;15(1):31-41.
Langfeldt L. Decision-Making in Expert Panels Evaluating Research: Constraints, Processes and Bias. 2001;dissertation: The University of Oslo.
Lee C. Sugimoto CR, Zhang G, Cronin B. Bias in Peer Review. J Am Soc Inf Sci Technol. 2013;64(1):2-17.
Li D. Expertise vs. Bias in Evaluation: Evidence from the NIH. 2013;Northwestern University.
Li L, Wang Y, Liu G, Wang M, Wu X. Context-Aware Reviewer Assignment for Trust Enhanced Peer Review. PLoS One. 2015 Jun 19;10(6):e0130493.
Lo B, Field MJ, Editors. Conflict of Interest in Medical Research, Education, and Practice. Committee on Conflict of Interest in Medical Research, Education, and Practice. 2009;Institute of Medicine
Magua W, Zhu X, Bhattacharya A, Filut A, Potvien A, Leatherberry R, Lee YG, Jens M, Malikireddy D, Carnes M, Kaatz A. “Are female applicants disadvantaged in National Institutes of Health peer review? Combining algorithmic text mining and qualitative methods to detect evaluative differences in R01 reviewers’ critiques.” Journal of Women’s Health. 2017 May 1;26(5):560-70.
Marsh HW, Jayasinghe UW, Bond NW. Improving the Peer-Review Process for Grant Applications: Reliability, Validity, Bias, and Generalizability. Am Psychol. 2008 Apr;63(3):160-8.
NIH. Revised Policy: Managing Conflict of Interest in the Initial Peer Review of NIH Grant and Cooperative Agreement Applications. NOT-OD-11-120. 2011 Sep 26.
Oleinik A. Conflict(s) of Interest in Peer Review: Its Origins and Possible Solutions. Sci Eng Ethics. 2014 Mar;20(1):55-75.
Pham-Kanter G. Revisiting Financial Conflicts of Interest in FDA Advisory Committees. Milbank Q. 2014 Sep;92(3):446-70.
Rockey SJ, Collins FS. Managing Financial Conflict of Interest in Biomedical Research. JAMA. 2010 Jun 16;303(23):2400-2.
Stehbens WE. Basic Philosophy and Concepts Underlying Scientific Peer Review. Med Hypotheses. 1999 Jan;52(1):31-6.
Tamblyn, R., Girard, N., Qian, C. J., & Hanley, J. Assessment of potential bias in research grant peer review in Canada. CMAJ 2018;190(16), E489-E499.
Wager E. Ethics: What is it for? Nature 2006.
Wood SF, Mador JK. Science and Regulation. Uncapping Conflict of Interest? Science. 2013 Jun 7;340(6137):1172-3.
Critique and Text Analysis
Bantum EO, Owen JE. Evaluating the Validity of Computerized Content Analysis Programs for Identification of Emotional Expression in Cancer Narratives. Psychol Assess. 2009 Mar;21(1):79-88.
Bornmann L, Wolf M, Daniel HD. Closed Versus Open Reviewing of Journal Manuscripts: How Far do Comments Differ in Language Use? Scientometrics. 2012;91(3):843-56.
Fuller EO, Hasselmeyer EG, Hunter JC, Abdellah FG, Hinshaw AS. Summary Statements of the NIH Nursing Research Grant Applications. Nurs Res. 1991 Nov-Dec;40(6):346-51.
Hume KM, Giladi AM, Chung KC. Factors Impacting Successfully Competing for Research Funding: An Analysis of Applications Submitted to the Plastic Surgery Foundation. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Feb;135(2):429e-35e.
Kaatz A, Magua W, Zimmerman DR, Carnes M. A Quantitative Linguistic Analysis of National Institutes of Health R01 Application Critiques from Investigators at One Institution. Acad Med. 2015 Jan;90(1):69-75
Magua W, Zhu X, Bhattacharya A, Filut A, Potvien A, Leatherberry R, Lee YG, Jens M, Malikireddy D, Carnes M, Kaatz A. “Are female applicants disadvantaged in National Institutes of Health peer review? Combining algorithmic text mining and qualitative methods to detect evaluative differences in R01 reviewers’ critiques.” Journal of Women’s Health. 2017 May 1;26(5):560-70.
Pier EL, Raclaw J, Kaatz A, Brauer M, Carnes M, Nathan MJ, & Ford CE (2017). . “‘Your comments are meaner than your score’: score calibration talk influences intra-and inter-panel variability during scientific grant peer review.” Research Evaluation, 26(1), 1-14.
Pier, E.L., Brauer, M., Filut, A., Kaatz, A., Raclaw, J., Nathan, M.J., Ford, C.E. and Carnes, M., 2018. “Low agreement among reviewers evaluating the same NIH grant applications.”Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(12), pp.2952-2957.
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Decision Making Emotion and Risk
De Martino B, Kumaran D, Seymour B, Dolan RJ. Frames, Biases, and Rational Decision-Making in the Human Brain. Science. 2006 Aug 4;313(5787):684-7.
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Gallo SA, Schmaling KB (2022) “Peer review: Risk and risk tolerance.” PLoS ONE 17(8): e0273813. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273813
Gallo SA, Thompson LA, Schmaling KB, Glisson SR. “Risk evaluation in peer review of grant applications.” Environment Systems and Decisions. 24 February, 2018.
Gregory R, Mendelsohn R. Perceived Risk, Dread, and Benefits. Risk Anal. 1993;13(3):259-64.
Hagman W. Affective Biases and Heuristics in Decision Making: Emotion Regulation as a Factor for Decision Making Competence. 2013. Linköping University. Master Thesis.
Langfeldt L. The Decision-Making Constraints and Processes of Grant Peer Review, and Their Effects on the Review Outcome. Social Studies of Science. 2001 Dec;31(6):820-41.
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Rand DG, Epstein ZG. Risking Your Life Without a Second Thought: Intuitive Decision-Making and Extreme Altruism. PLoS One. 2014 Oct 15;9(10):e109687.
Schmaling, KB, Evenson, GR, Marble, BK, & Gallo, SA. “Perceptions of grant peer reviewers: a mixed methods study.” Research Evaluation, 2024; Volume 33 rvae050
Sheeran P, Harris PR, Epton T. Does Heightening Risk Appraisals Change People’s Intentions and Behavior? A Meta-Analysis of Experimental Studies. Psychol Bull. 2014 Mar;140(2):511-43.
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Funding Strategy
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Bollen, J., Crandall, D., Junk, D., Ding, Y., & Börner, K. (2014). “From funding agencies to scientific agency.” EMBO reports, 15(2), 131-133.
Bolli R. Actions Speak Much Louder Than Words: For Midcareer and Senior Investigators, the Track Record of Productivity Should be Paramount in Selecting Grant Recipients. Circ Res. 2014 Dec 5;115(12):962-6.
Boyington, J. E., Antman, M. D., Patel, K. C., & Lauer, M. S. (2016). “Towards Independence: Resubmission Rate of Unfunded National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute R01 Research Grant Applications among Early Stage Investigators.” Academic medicine: journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 91(4), 556.
Fang, F.C. and Casadevall, A., 2016. “Research Funding: the Case for a Modified Lottery.” mBio, 7(2).
Gallo SA, Sullivan JH, Glisson SR “The Influence of Peer Reviewer Expertise on the Evaluation of Research Funding Applications.” PLOS ONE. 21 October, 2016.
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Gender
Bornmann L, Mutz R, Daniel HD. Gender Differences in Grant Peer Review: A Meta-Analysis. J Informetr. 2007 Jul;1(3):226-38.
Gallo SA, Schmaling KB, Thompson LA, and Glisson SR. “Grant Review Feedback: Appropriateness and Usefulness.” Science and Engineering Ethics. 27 (18) March, 2021.
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Magua W, Zhu X, Bhattacharya A, Filut A, Potvien A, Leatherberry R, Lee YG, Jens M, Malikireddy D, Carnes M, Kaatz A. “Are female applicants disadvantaged in National Institutes of Health peer review? Combining algorithmic text mining and qualitative methods to detect evaluative differences in R01 reviewers’ critiques.” Journal of Women’s Health. 2017 May 1;26(5):560-70.
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General Peer Review
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Hettyey A, Griggio M, Mann M, Raveh S, Schaedelin FC, Thonhauser KE, Thoss M, van Dongen WF, White J, Zala SM, Penn DJ. Peerage of Science: Will it Work? Trends Ecol Evol. 2012 Apr;27(4):189-90.
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Panel Discussion
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Gallo, S.A., Schmaling, K.B., Thompson, L.A., and Glisson, S.R. Grant reviewer perceptions of the quality, effectiveness, and influence of panel discussion. Res Integr Peer Rev. 2020; 5:(7).
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Martin MR, Kopstein A, Janice JM. An Analysis of Preliminary and Post-Discussion Priority Scores for Grant Applications Peer Reviewed by the Center for Scientific Review at the NIH. PLoS One. 2010 Nov 17;5(11):e13526.
Obrecht M, Tibelius K, D’Aloisio G. Examining the Value Added by Committee Discussion in the Review of Applications for Research Awards. Research Evaluation. 2007 Jun;16(2):79-91.
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Peer Review Technology
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Bloom T. Systems: Online Frontiers of the Peer-Reviewed Literature. Nature. 2006.
Bohannon J. National Science Foundation. Meeting for Peer Review at a Resort That’s Virtually Free. Science. 2011 Jan 7;331(6013):27.
Carpenter AS, Sullivan JH, Deshmukh A, Glisson SR, & Gallo SA. “A retrospective analysis of the effect of discussion in teleconference and face-to-face scientific peer-review panels.” BMJ Open. 8 September, 2015.
Doran MR, Lott WB, Doran SE. Communication: Use Multimedia in Grant Applications. Nature. 2014 Jan 16;505(7483):291.
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Gallo SA, Carpenter AS, Glisson SR (2013) “Teleconference Versus Face-to-Face Scientific Peer Review of Grant Application: Effects on Review Outcomes.” PLoS ONE 8(8).
Gallo SA, Thompson LA, Schmaling KB, Glisson SR. “The Participation and Motivations of Grant Peer Reviewers: A Comprehensive Survey..” Sci Eng Ethics. July, 2019. (Pre-print available)
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Resubmission
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Boyington, J. E., Antman, M. D., Patel, K. C., & Lauer, M. S. (2016). “Towards Independence: Resubmission Rate of Unfunded National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute R01 Research Grant Applications among Early Stage Investigators.” Academic medicine: journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 91(4), 556.
Kolehmainen C, & Carnes M (2018). “Who resembles a scientific leader—Jack or Jill? How implicit bias could influence research grant funding.” Circulation, 137(8), 769-770.
Reviewer Pi Demographics
Gallo SA, Schmaling KB, Thompson LA, and Glisson SR. “Grant Review Feedback: Appropriateness and Usefulness.” Science and Engineering Ethics. 27 (18) March, 2021.
Gallo SA, Sullivan JH, Glisson SR “The Influence of Peer Reviewer Expertise on the Evaluation of Research Funding Applications.” PLOS ONE. 21 October, 2016.
Gallo SA, Thompson LA, Schmaling KB, Glisson SR. “The Participation and Motivations of Grant Peer Reviewers: A Comprehensive Survey..” Sci Eng Ethics. July, 2019. (Pre-print available)
Ginther, D. K., Basner, J., Jensen, U., Schnell, J., Kington, R., & Schaffer, W. T. (2018). “Publications as predictors of racial and ethnic differences in NIH research awards.” PloS one, 13(11), e0205929.
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Jones BF, Weinberg BA. Age Dynamics in Scientific Creativity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Nov 22;108(47):18910-4.
Kaplan D, Lacetera N, Kaplan C. Sample Size and Precision in NIH Peer Review. PLoS One. 2008 Jul 23;3(7):e2761.
Zerhouni E. Some Observations on Demographics of NIH-Funded Scientists: Policy Implications for New Investigators. 2007 Dec 7.
Scoring Scale
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Gallo, SA, Pearce, M, Lee, CJ & Erosheva, EA. “A new approach to grant review assessments: score, then rank.” Res Integr Peer Rev. 2023; 8, 10.
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Team Performance
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Carpenter AS, Sullivan JH, Deshmukh A, Glisson SR, & Gallo SA. “A retrospective analysis of the effect of discussion in teleconference and face-to-face scientific peer-review panels.” BMJ Open. 8 September, 2015.
Cooke, Nancy J., and Margaret L. Hilton, eds. “Enhancing the effectiveness of team science.” Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2015.
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Driskell JE, Radtke PH, Salas E. Virtual Teams: Effects of Technological Mediation on Team Performance. Group Dyn. 2003 Dec;7(4):297-323.
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Manthous CA, Hollingshead AB. Team Science and Critical Care. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Jul 1;184(1):17-25.
Olbrecht M, Bornmann L. Panel Peer Review of Grant Applications: What Do We Know From Research in Social Psychology On Judgment and Decision-Making in Groups? Res Eval. 2010;19 (4):293-304.
Roebber PJ, Schultz DM. Peer Review, Program Officers and Science Funding. PLoS One. 2011 Apr 12;6(4):e18680.
Rogelberg SG, O’Connor MS, Sederburg M. Using the Stepladder Technique to Facilitate the Performance of Audioconferencing Groups. J Appl Psychol. 2002 Oct;87(5):994-1000.
Rosen MA, Weaver SJ, Lazzara EH, Salas E, Wu T, Silvestri S, Schiebel N, Almeida S, King HB. Tools for Evaluating Team Performance in Simulation-Based Training. J Emerg Trauma Shock. 2010 Oct;3(4):353-9.
Stokols D, Misra S, Moser RP, Hall KL, Taylor BK. The Ecology of Team Science: Understanding Contextual Influences on Transdisciplinary Collaboration. Am J Prev Med. 2008 Aug;35(2 Suppl):S96-115.
Wickens CD, Holland JG, Parasuraman R, Banbury S. Engineering Psychology and Human Performance (4th ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2012.
Training
Garfield JM, Kaye AD, Kolinsky DC, Urman RD. A Systematic Guide for Peer Reviewers for a Medical Journal. J Med Pract Manage. 2015 Mar-Apr;30(6 Spec No):13-7.
Rosen MA, Weaver SJ, Lazzara EH, Salas E, Wu T, Silvestri S, Schiebel N, Almeida S, King HB. Tools for Evaluating Team Performance in Simulation-Based Training. J Emerg Trauma Shock. 2010 Oct;3(4):353-9.
Sattler DN, McKnight PE, Naney L, Mathis R. Grant Peer Review: Improving Inter-Rater Reliability with Training. PLoS One. 2015 Jun 15;10(6):e0130450.
Triage
Bornmann L, Mutz R, Daniel H-R. Latent Markov Modeling Applied to Grant Peer Review. J Informetr. 2008;2(4):217-28.
Vener KJ, Feuer EJ, Gorelic L. A Statistical Model Validating Triage for the Peer Review Process: Keeping the Competitive Applications in the Review Pipeline. FASEB J. 1993 Nov;7(14):1312-9.
Validation and Impact
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Beacham L, Li E, Wasserman A. Measuring the Performance of Extramural Funding at the National Library of Medicine. The College of William and Mary. 2008.
Berg J. Productivity Metrics and Peer Review Scores. NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog. 2011 Jun 2.
Bollen, J., Crandall, D., Junk, D., Ding, Y., & Börner, K. (2014). “From funding agencies to scientific agency.” EMBO reports, 15(2), 131-133.
Bornmann L, Daniel HD. Selection of Research Fellowship Recipients by Committee Peer Review. Reliability, Fairness and Predictive Validity of Board of Trustees’ Decisions. Scientometrics. 2005;63(2):297-320.
Bornmann L, Daniel HD. The Usefulness of Peer Review for Selecting Manuscripts for Publication: A Utility Analysis Taking as an Example a High-Impact Journal. PLoS One. 2010 Jun 28;5(6):e11344.
Bornmann L, Wallon G, Ledin A. Does the Committee Peer Review Select the Best Applicants for Funding? An Investigation of the Selection Process for Two European Molecular Biology Organization Programmes. PLoS One. 2008;3(10):e3480.
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Cabezas-Clavijo A, Robinson-García N, Escabias M, Jiménez-Contreras E. Reviewers’ Ratings and Bibliometric Indicators: Hand in Hand When Assessing Over Research Proposals? PLoS One. 2013 Jun 28;8(6):e68258.
Claveria LE, Guallar E, Cami J, Conde J, Pastor R, Ricoy JR, Rodriguez-Farre E, Ruiz-Palomo F, Munoz E. Does Peer Review Predict the Performance of Research Projects in Health Sciences? Scientometrics. 2000 Jan 1;47(1):11-23.
Cole S, Cole JR, Simon GA. Chance and Consensus in Peer Review. Science. 1981 Nov 20;214(4523):881-6.
Crespia GA, Geunab A. An Empirical Study of Scientific Production: A Cross Country Analysis, 1981-2002. Res Policy. 2008;37(4):565-79.
Danthi N, Wu CO, Shi P, Lauer M. Percentile Ranking and Citation Impact of a Large Cohort of National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-Funded Cardiovascular R01 Grants. Circ Res. 2014 Feb 14;114(4):600-6.
Danthi NS, Wu CO, DiMichele DM, Hoots WK, Lauer MS. Citation Impact of NHLBI R01 Grants Funded Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act as Compared to R01 Grants Funded Through a Standard Payline. Circ Res. 2015 Feb 27;116(5):784-8.
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Eloy JA, Svider PF, Kanumuri VV, Folbe AJ, Setzen M, Baredes S. Do AAO-HNSF CORE Grants Predict Future NIH Funding Success? Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]
Escobar-Alvarez SN, Myers ER. The Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Award: Implications for Early-Career Physician Scientists. Acad Med. 2013 Nov;88(11):1740-6.
Fang D, Meyer RE. Effect of Two Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Training Programs for Medical Students on the Likelihood of Pursuing Research Careers. Acad Med. 2003 Dec;78(12):1271-80.
Fang, F.C. and Casadevall, A., 2016. “Research Funding: the Case for a Modified Lottery.” mBio, 7(2).
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Hoppe TA, Litovitz A, Willis KA, Meseroll RA, Perkins MJ, Hutchins BI, Davis AF, Lauer MS, Valantine HA, Anderson JM, Santangelo GM. “Topic choice contributes to the lower rate of NIH awards to African-American/black scientists.” Science Advances. 2019 Oct 1;5(10):eaaw7238.
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Jackson JL, Srinivasan M, Rea J, Fletcher KE, Kravitz RL. The Validity of Peer Review in a General Medicine Journal. PLoS One. 2011;6(7):e22475.
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Kaltman JR, Evans FJ, Danthi NS, Wu CO, DiMichele DM, Lauer MS. Prior Publication Productivity, Grant Percentile Ranking, and Topic-Normalized Citation Impact of NHLBI Cardiovascular R01 Grants. Circ Res. 2014 Sep 12;115(7):617-24.
Kotchen TA, Lindquist T, Miller Sostek A, Hoffmann R, Malik K, Stanfield B. Outcomes of National Institutes of Health Peer Review of Clinical Grant Applications. J Investig Med. 2006 Jan;54(1):13-9.
Lauer MS. Thought Exercises on Accountability and Performance Measures at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): An Invited Commentary for Circulation Research. Circ Res. 2011 Feb 18;108(4):405-9.
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Schmaling, KB, Evenson, GR, Marble, BK, & Gallo, SA. “Perceptions of grant peer reviewers: a mixed methods study.” Research Evaluation, 2024; Volume 33 rvae050
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