Reviewing Peer Review at the NIH

Michael S Lauer; Richard Nakamura

doi:10.1056/NEJMp1507427

Reviewing Peer Review at the NIH

N Engl J Med. 2015 Nov 12;373(20):1893-5. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1507427.

Authors

Michael S Lauer¹, Richard Nakamura

Affiliation

¹ From the Office of Extramural Research (M.S.L.) and the Center for Scientific Review (R.N.), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

PMID: 26559568
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1507427

Abstract

Recent reports suggest that peer reviews of National Institutes of Health grant applications are at best imprecise predictors of research projects' scientific impact. But these findings may not mean that peer review is failing.

MeSH terms

Bibliometrics
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Financing, Government / trends
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)*
Peer Review, Research / methods
Peer Review, Research / standards*
Peer Review, Research / trends
Research Support as Topic / trends*
United States*