Put Peer Review Under Review

Steven Wooding

ResearchPosted on rand.org Apr 1, 2013Published in: Research Europe, April 25, 2013

Peer review is the conventional route which funding bodies use to deliver research grants to their chosen scientists. There is little evidence that peer review is the best way to apportion research money — and even less evidence for the alternatives. Funders should be experimenting with different approaches.

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  • Copyright: ResearchResearch Ltd
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2013
  • Document Number: EP-50266

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