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Characterization of the Peer Review Network at the Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the largest source of funding for biomedical research in the world. This funding is largely effected through a competitive grants process. Each year the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) at NIH manages the evaluation, by peer review, of more than 55,000 gr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4132088/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25119140 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104244 |
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author | Boyack, Kevin W. Chen, Mei-Ching Chacko, George |
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description | The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the largest source of funding for biomedical research in the world. This funding is largely effected through a competitive grants process. Each year the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) at NIH manages the evaluation, by peer review, of more than 55,000 grant applications. A relevant management question is how this scientific evaluation system, supported by finite resources, could be continuously evaluated and improved for maximal benefit to the scientific community and the taxpaying public. Towards this purpose, we have created the first system-level description of peer review at CSR by applying text analysis, bibliometric, and graph visualization techniques to administrative records. We identify otherwise latent relationships across scientific clusters, which in turn suggest opportunities for structural reorganization of the system based on expert evaluation. Such studies support the creation of monitoring tools and provide transparency and knowledge to stakeholders. |
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spelling | pubmed-41320882014-08-19 Characterization of the Peer Review Network at the Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health Boyack, Kevin W. Chen, Mei-Ching Chacko, George PLoS One Research Article The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the largest source of funding for biomedical research in the world. This funding is largely effected through a competitive grants process. Each year the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) at NIH manages the evaluation, by peer review, of more than 55,000 grant applications. A relevant management question is how this scientific evaluation system, supported by finite resources, could be continuously evaluated and improved for maximal benefit to the scientific community and the taxpaying public. Towards this purpose, we have created the first system-level description of peer review at CSR by applying text analysis, bibliometric, and graph visualization techniques to administrative records. We identify otherwise latent relationships across scientific clusters, which in turn suggest opportunities for structural reorganization of the system based on expert evaluation. Such studies support the creation of monitoring tools and provide transparency and knowledge to stakeholders. Public Library of Science 2014-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4132088/ /pubmed/25119140 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104244 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Public Domain declaration, which stipulates that, once placed in the public domain, this work may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Boyack, Kevin W. Chen, Mei-Ching Chacko, George Characterization of the Peer Review Network at the Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health |
title | Characterization of the Peer Review Network at the Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health |
title_full | Characterization of the Peer Review Network at the Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health |
title_fullStr | Characterization of the Peer Review Network at the Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health |
title_full_unstemmed | Characterization of the Peer Review Network at the Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health |
title_short | Characterization of the Peer Review Network at the Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health |
title_sort | characterization of the peer review network at the center for scientific review, national institutes of health |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4132088/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25119140 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104244 |
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