Persistent nepotism in peer-review

Ulf Sandström and Martin Hällsten
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Martin Hällsten: Stockholm University

Scientometrics, 2008, vol. 74, issue 2, No 1, 175-189

Abstract: Abstract In a replication of the high-profile contribution by Wennerås and Wold on grant peer-review, we investigate new applications processed by the medical research council in Sweden. Introducing a normalisation method for ranking applications that takes into account the differences between committees, we also use a normalisation of bibliometric measures by field. Finally, we perform a regression analysis with interaction effects. Our results indicate that female principal investigators (PIs) receive a bonus of 10% on scores, in relation to their male colleagues. However, male and female PIs having a reviewer affiliation collect an even higher bonus, approximately 15%. Nepotism seems to be a persistent problem in the Swedish grant peer review system.

Keywords: Productivity Measure; Gender Bias; Impact Score; Postdoctoral Fellowship; Swedish Research Council (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-0211-3

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