Peer review and scientific assessment
Subtitle: a handbook for funding organizations, regulatory agencies, and editors
By: Alan Moghissi, Betty Love, Sorin Straja
Contributors: Love, Betty; Straja, Sorin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521182324
Subjects: Peer review; Evaluation; Research
Description: "Peer review and assessment are vital elements in numerous scientific decisions, particularly scientific publishing, research funding and regulatory science. This handbook provides an essential reference for all those involved in these processes, including reviewers, reviewees and review managers. It guides the reader though all of the important aspects of peer review and explains how they are applied in the design and operation of successful review and assessment programs. Key topics include the selection of reviewers, identifying and mitigating conflicts of interest and developing review criteria. The more general question of how scientific claims can be evaluated and controversies resolved is also considered in an exploration of the Best Available Science concept. A large appendix supplements the main chapters and provides further useful information on related topics such as manuscript management, stakeholder participation and quality assurance"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Preface; Part I. Introduction to Peer Review and Scientific Assessment: 1. Introduction; 2. Best available science; metrics for evaluation of scientific claims; 3. Legal and related requirements for peer review; Part II. Peer Review and Scientific Assessment Process: 4. Introduction; 5. Review and assessment criteria; 6. Identification of peers; 7. Conflict of interest; 8. Design and operation of a peer review and scientific assessment program; Part III. Application: 9. Optimization of the operation of peer reviews and scientific assessments; 10. The role of stakeholders in peer review and scientific assessment; Part IV. Appendix: Organization of the Appendix: Appendix 1. Manuscript management process for scientific publications; Appendix 2. Management process for peer review and scientific assessment: grants, contracts, and other documents including regulatory science; Appendix 3. Management of stakeholder participation; Appendix 4. Quality assurance; Appendix 5. Instructions for referencing in scientific documents; Appendix 6. List of abbreviations and acronyms; References; Subject Index; Name Index.