Peer Review in the Department of Energy-Office of Science and Technology: Interim Report by Committee on the Department of Energy-Office of Science & Technology’s Peer Review Program

Author:Committee on the Department of Energy-Office of Science & Technology’s Peer Review Program
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Energy and Energy Conservation: Policy, Reviews and Evaluations
Publisher: NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Published: 1997-10-02T00:00:00+00:00

Openness is also an important characteristic of credible peer review process:

One of the pre-requisites for confidence in the integrity of peer review (and, indeed, of other decision-making processes) is that its workings should be transparent. There are several levels to this. At the minimum, the membership of peer review and other decision-making panels should always be in the public domain. (Royal Society, 1995, p. 4-84)

The committee encourages OST to promote openness at the peer reviews in order to fully inform the public and others attending the reviews of the nature of the review. An approach used by the EPA Science Advisory Board is to make lists of the reviewers and their affiliations available and to have each reviewer publicly state his or her pertinent experience and any factors that could affect bias at the beginning of the peer review. The chair of the peer review panel also should clearly explain the objectives of the review and the specific review criteria that will be addressed by the panel.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.