Bias, peer review, and publishing

John Coveney, Danielle L. Herbert, Kathy Hill, Karen E. Mow, Nicholas Graves, Adrian Barnett. ‘Are you siding with a personality or the grant proposal?’: observations on how peer review panels function. Research Integrity and Peer Review. 2017;2(1):19. doi:10.1186/s41073-017-0043-x

Maite Solans-Domènech, Imma Guillamón, Aida Ribera, et al. Blinding applicants in a first-stage peer-review process of biomedical research grants: An observational study. Research Evaluation. 2017;26(3):181-189. doi:10.1093/reseval/rvx021

Elizabeth L. Pier, Joshua Raclaw, Anna Kaatz, et al. ‘Your comments are meaner than your score’: score calibration talk influences intra- and inter-panel variability during scientific grant peer review. Research Evaluation. 2017;26(1):1-14. doi:10.1093/reseval/rvw025

David Moher, James Galipeau, Sabina Alam, et al. Core competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals: consensus statement. BMC Medicine. 2017;15(1):167. doi:10.1186/s12916-017-0927-0

Rachel Bruce, Anthony Chauvin, Ludovic Trinquart, Philippe Ravaud, Isabelle Boutron. Impact of interventions to improve the quality of peer review of biomedical journals: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Medicine. 2016;14:85. doi:10.1186/s12916-016-0631-5

Ferric C Fang, Anthony Bowen, Arturo Casadevall. NIH peer review percentile scores are poorly predictive of grant productivity. eLife. 2016;5:e13323. doi:10.7554/eLife.13323

J K Tijdink, K Schipper, L M Bouter, P Maclaine Pont, J de Jonge, Y M Smulders. How do scientists perceive the current publication culture? A qualitative focus group interview study among Dutch biomedical researchers. BMJ Open. 2016;6(2):e008681. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008681

Paul E. Smaldino, Richard McElreath. The natural selection of bad science. Royal Society Open Science. 2016;3(9):160384. doi:10.1098/rsos.160384

Pavel V. Ovseiko, Trisha Greenhalgh, Paula Adam, et al. A global call for action to include gender in research impact assessment. Health Research Policy and Systems. 2016;14(1):50. doi:10.1186/s12961-016-0126-z

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Alan D. Kaye, Mark V. Boswell, Joshua A. Hirsch. Medical Journal Peer Review: Process and Bias. Pain Physician. 2015;18(1):E1-E14. doi:10.36076/ppj/2015.18.E1