Personal attributes of authors and reviewers, social bias and the outcomes of peer review: a case study [v2; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/5gj]

Peer review is the "gold standard" for evaluating journal and conference papers, research proposals, on-going projects and university departments. However, it is widely believed that current systems are expensive, conservative and prone to various forms of bias. One form of bias identified...

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Main Authors: Richard Walker, Beatriz Barros, Ricardo Conejo, Konrad Neumann, Martin Telefont
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: F1000 Research Ltd 2015-06-01
Series:F1000Research
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Online Access:http://f1000research.com/articles/4-21/v2