Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A funder publishes panel terms of reference, scoring rubric, and reviewer demographic statistics.
- Is an instance
An institution trains promotion-committee reviewers in responsible assessment and unconscious-bias awareness.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
Convening a panel without disclosed conflict-of-interest checks.
- Not an instance
Asking reviewers to score by impact factor without qualitative judgement.
Editorial commentary
Peer review in assessment encompasses panel review of grant proposals, expert review of REF outputs, promotion-committee judgement of researcher dossiers, and external review for hiring. It differs from manuscript peer review by being decision-oriented (selection, ranking, funding) rather than improvement-oriented, but shares concerns about reviewer expertise, conflicts of interest, calibration across panels, and bias (gender, geography, language, institution). Responsible-assessment frameworks promote explicit panel-criteria publication, reviewer training, diversity of panellists, and structured rubrics to mitigate these risks.
References
- Bornmann L 'Scientific peer review' Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 2011. Research on Research Institute (RoRI) reports on peer-review practice.
Also known as
Expert review (assessment) · Panel review
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