Gatekeepers of science—Effects of external reviewers’ attributes on the assessments of fellowship applications

Lutz Bornmann () and Hans-Dieter Daniel

Journal of Informetrics, 2007, vol. 1, issue 1, 83-91

Abstract: The scientific norm of universalism prescribes that external reviewers recommend the allocation of awards to young scientists solely on the basis of their scientific achievement. Since the evaluation of grants utilizes scientists with different personal attributes, it is natural to ask whether the norm of universalism reflects the actual evaluation practice.

Keywords: Peer review; Particularism; Universalism; Country of residence; Gender; Evaluation experience; Judgmental tendencies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2006.09.005

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