Big names or big ideas: Do peer-review panels select the best science proposals?

Science56.90
Volume: 348, Issue: 6233, Pages: 434 - 438
Published: Apr 24, 2015
Abstract
This paper examines the success of peer-review panels in predicting the future quality of proposed research. We construct new data to track publication, citation, and patenting outcomes associated with more than 130,000 research project (R01) grants funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health from 1980 to 2008. We find that better peer-review scores are consistently associated with better research outcomes and that this relationship...
Paper Details
Title
Big names or big ideas: Do peer-review panels select the best science proposals?
Published Date
Apr 24, 2015
Journal
Volume
348
Issue
6233
Pages
434 - 438
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