No gender bias in peer review, claims study

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Gender bias in scholarly peer review

Peer review is the cornerstone of scholarly publishing and it is essential that peer reviewers are appointed on the basis of their expertise alone. However, it is difficult to check for any bias in the peer-review process because the identity of peer reviewers generally remains confidential. Here, using public information about the identities of 9000 editors and 43000 reviewers from the Frontie...

Bias in peer review

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Minimizing bias in clinical peer review.

The chief sources of bias in peer review include the clinical outcome and the reviewer. But there are ways to mitigate any bias.

Does Gender Matter in Grant Peer Review?

One of the most frequently voiced criticisms of the peer review process is gender bias. In this study we evaluated the grant peer review process (external reviewers' ratings, and board of trustees' final decision: approval or no approval for funding) at the Austrian Science Fund with respect to gender. The data consisted of 8,496 research proposals (census) across all disciplines from 1999 to 2...