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Changes to the process might be warranted, says the journal —but only if they are based in fact, not conjecture. The Editorial discusses a recent “open letter” written by a group of stem-cell researchers about what they see as obstructive and unreasonable reviews delaying publication of their research. From the Editorial: Publication of referees’ comments in full may affect the quality of the reviews, leading to more cautious and restrained comments. It is difficult  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/2010/03/nature_medicine_peers_into_rev.html#wpn-more-185" class="more-link"> … Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-185" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/tell-a-friend?id=185">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-185"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2010%2F03%2Fnature_medicine_peers_into_rev.html">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=Nature+Medicine+peers+into+review+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2010%2F03%2Fnature_medicine_peers_into_rev.html">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2010%2F03%2Fnature_medicine_peers_into_rev.html&title=Nature+Medicine+peers+into+review">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2010%2F03%2Fnature_medicine_peers_into_rev.html&title=Nature+Medicine+peers+into+review">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2010%2F03%2Fnature_medicine_peers_into_rev.html">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2010%2F03%2Fnature_medicine_peers_into_rev.html&title=Nature+Medicine+peers+into+review">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2010%2F03%2Fnature_medicine_peers_into_rev.html">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2010%2F03%2Fnature_medicine_peers_into_rev.html&title=Nature+Medicine+peers+into+review">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div id="wpn-post-182" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-2 wpn-even wpn-alt wpn-author-maxine-clarke wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-systems cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2009-10-26T13:32:58+00:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2009-10-26">26 Oct 2009 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="13:32:58+0000"> 13:32 GMT</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/2009/10/nature_chemistry_on_improving.html'>Nature Chemistry on improving peer review</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/author/Maxine-Clarke" title="Maxine Clarke">Maxine Clarke</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/category/systems" rel="tag">Systems</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>Perceived lapses in the peer-review process often receive a lot of attention, but the majority of researchers declare themselves satisfied with the system even though they would like to improve it. If it is imperfect or broken, how do we fix it? This question is addressed in the November Editorial of Nature Chemistry ( 1, 585; 2009), in light of some blog commentaries which identified prior publications that had not been referenced in a journal paper.  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/2009/10/nature_chemistry_on_improving.html#wpn-more-182" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-182" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/tell-a-friend?id=182">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-182"> <li class="facebook"><a 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Jun 2009 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="14:09:17+0100"> 14:09 BST</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/2009/06/hoax_paper_accepted_for_public.html'>Hoax paper accepted for publication</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/author/Maxine-Clarke" title="Maxine Clarke">Maxine Clarke</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/category/ethics" rel="tag">Ethics</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/category/systems" rel="tag">Systems</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>A story published in Nature News online on 15 June, describes how the editor-in-chief of a journal is to resign after claiming that the publisher, Bentham Science Publishing, accepted a hoax article for publication without his knowledge.  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/2009/06/hoax_paper_accepted_for_public.html#wpn-more-175" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-175" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/2009/06/hoax_paper_accepted_for_public.html#comments" title="Comment on Hoax paper accepted for publication">1 Comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/tell-a-friend?id=175">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-175"> <li class="facebook"><a 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</abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="09:19:50+0100"> 09:19 BST</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/2009/05/websites_encourage_direct_publ.html'>Websites encourage direct public funding for research</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/author/Maxine-Clarke" title="Maxine Clarke">Maxine Clarke</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/category/policy-and-public" rel="tag">Policy and Public</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/category/systems" rel="tag">Systems</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>The ‘SciFlies’ project, according to a Nature news story (Nature 459, 305; 2009), will profile scientists from a range of disciplines and the new ideas they want to pursue, or ways in which they would like to expand their current research programme. Website visitors will be able to donate any amount to support the projects they find most interesting or worthwhile.  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/2009/05/websites_encourage_direct_publ.html#wpn-more-173" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-173" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/tell-a-friend?id=173">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-173"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F05%2Fwebsites_encourage_direct_publ.html">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=Websites+encourage+direct+public+funding+for+research+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F05%2Fwebsites_encourage_direct_publ.html">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F05%2Fwebsites_encourage_direct_publ.html&title=Websites+encourage+direct+public+funding+for+research">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F05%2Fwebsites_encourage_direct_publ.html&title=Websites+encourage+direct+public+funding+for+research">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F05%2Fwebsites_encourage_direct_publ.html">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F05%2Fwebsites_encourage_direct_publ.html&title=Websites+encourage+direct+public+funding+for+research">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F05%2Fwebsites_encourage_direct_publ.html">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F05%2Fwebsites_encourage_direct_publ.html&title=Websites+encourage+direct+public+funding+for+research">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div id="wpn-post-170" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-5 wpn-odd wpn-author-maxine-clarke wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-quality-and-value wpn-category-systems wpn-category-technical-solutions cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2009-03-31T11:59:58+01:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2009-03-31">31 Mar 2009 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="11:59:58+0100"> 11:59 BST</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/2009/03/nature_neuroscience_experience.html'>Nature Neuroscience experience with peer-review consortium</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/author/Maxine-Clarke" title="Maxine Clarke">Maxine Clarke</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/category/quality-and-value" rel="tag">Quality and value</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/category/systems" rel="tag">Systems</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/category/technical-solutions" rel="tag">Technical solutions</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>In 2008, the journal Nature Neuroscience joined a newly created community consortium aimed at making peer review more efficient by allowing reviews to be transferred between consortium journals. In its current (April) issue, the editors look back at their experience with the Neuroscience Peer Review Consortium over the past year (Nature Neuroscience 12, 363; 2009).  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/2009/03/nature_neuroscience_experience.html#wpn-more-170" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-170" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/tell-a-friend?id=170">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-170"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F03%2Fnature_neuroscience_experience.html">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=Nature+Neuroscience+experience+with+peer-review+consortium+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F03%2Fnature_neuroscience_experience.html">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F03%2Fnature_neuroscience_experience.html&title=Nature+Neuroscience+experience+with+peer-review+consortium">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F03%2Fnature_neuroscience_experience.html&title=Nature+Neuroscience+experience+with+peer-review+consortium">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F03%2Fnature_neuroscience_experience.html">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F03%2Fnature_neuroscience_experience.html&title=Nature+Neuroscience+experience+with+peer-review+consortium">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F03%2Fnature_neuroscience_experience.html">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F03%2Fnature_neuroscience_experience.html&title=Nature+Neuroscience+experience+with+peer-review+consortium">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div id="wpn-post-167" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-6 wpn-even wpn-alt wpn-author-maxine-clarke wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-systems cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2009-01-29T10:53:43+00:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2009-01-29">29 Jan 2009 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="10:53:43+0000"> 10:53 GMT</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/2009/01/journal_of_biology_adds_a_twis_1.html'>Journal of Biology adds a twist to peer-review</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/author/Maxine-Clarke" title="Maxine Clarke">Maxine Clarke</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/category/systems" rel="tag">Systems</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>The Journal of Biology (8, 1; 2009) has announced an experimental policy of allowing authors of submitted manuscripts to opt-out of re-revew on occasions where the peer-reviewers require revisions, including the addition of data. In these cases, the journal will not publish the referees’ reports with the manuscript, but instead will publish an accompanying commentary.  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/2009/01/journal_of_biology_adds_a_twis_1.html#wpn-more-167" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-167" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/2009/01/journal_of_biology_adds_a_twis_1.html#comments" title="Comment on Journal of Biology adds a twist to peer-review">4 Comments</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/tell-a-friend?id=167">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-167"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F01%2Fjournal_of_biology_adds_a_twis_1.html">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=Journal+of+Biology+adds+a+twist+to+peer-review+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F01%2Fjournal_of_biology_adds_a_twis_1.html">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F01%2Fjournal_of_biology_adds_a_twis_1.html&title=Journal+of+Biology+adds+a+twist+to+peer-review">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F01%2Fjournal_of_biology_adds_a_twis_1.html&title=Journal+of+Biology+adds+a+twist+to+peer-review">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F01%2Fjournal_of_biology_adds_a_twis_1.html">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F01%2Fjournal_of_biology_adds_a_twis_1.html&title=Journal+of+Biology+adds+a+twist+to+peer-review">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F01%2Fjournal_of_biology_adds_a_twis_1.html">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2009%2F01%2Fjournal_of_biology_adds_a_twis_1.html&title=Journal+of+Biology+adds+a+twist+to+peer-review">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div id="wpn-post-166" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-7 wpn-odd wpn-author-maxine-clarke wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-ethics wpn-category-quality-and-value wpn-category-systems cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2009-01-16T08:18:36+00:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2009-01-16">16 Jan 2009 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="08:18:36+0000"> 08:18 GMT</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/2009/01/how_to_deal_with_technical_cri.html'>How to deal with technical criticisms of published work</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/author/Maxine-Clarke" title="Maxine Clarke">Maxine Clarke</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/category/ethics" rel="tag">Ethics</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/category/quality-and-value" rel="tag">Quality and value</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/category/systems" rel="tag">Systems</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>“Scientific publishing depends on expert peer reviewers. Instead of perpetually arguing about the reliability and fairness of peer review, authors, editors and referees should seek to optimize this time-tested system.” So opens the January editorial of Nature Neuroscience (12, 1; 2009).  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/2009/01/how_to_deal_with_technical_cri.html#wpn-more-166" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-166" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/2009/01/how_to_deal_with_technical_cri.html#comments" title="Comment on How to deal with technical criticisms of published work">2 Comments</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/tell-a-friend?id=166">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 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class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/author/Maxine-Clarke" title="Maxine Clarke">Maxine Clarke</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/category/journals" rel="tag">Journals</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/category/systems" rel="tag">Systems</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>Via press release, The EMBO Journal will be publishing online author and referee comments from this year (2009). “The EMBO Journal has been our flagship publication for 27 years, sharing knowledge broadly within the molecular life sciences community,” said Hermann Bujard, director of EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organisation). “We are excited by the editorial changes that will make publication of research findings more transparent, complete and visible.”  <a 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wpn-category-systems cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2008-11-14T11:19:07+00:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2008-11-14">14 Nov 2008 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="11:19:07+0000"> 11:19 GMT</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/2008/11/nih_plans_to_streamline_proces.html'>NIH plans to streamline processing of grant applications</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/author/Maxine-Clarke" title="Maxine Clarke">Maxine Clarke</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/category/systems" rel="tag">Systems</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will introduce new guidelines in January 2009 allowing biomedical researchers to amend and resubmit a failed funding application only once, as part of an overhaul of the peer-review system for evaluating grant proosals (see Nature 455, 841; 2008). Applicants whose grants are unfunded after the second submission may reapply only after designing a new proposal. NIH has previously suggested not allowing resubmissions, but decided against this step after an outcry from researchers (see Nature 453, 835; 2008).  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/2008/11/nih_plans_to_streamline_proces.html#wpn-more-160" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-160" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/tell-a-friend?id=160">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-160"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2008%2F11%2Fnih_plans_to_streamline_proces.html">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=NIH+plans+to+streamline+processing+of+grant+applications+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2008%2F11%2Fnih_plans_to_streamline_proces.html">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2008%2F11%2Fnih_plans_to_streamline_proces.html&title=NIH+plans+to+streamline+processing+of+grant+applications">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2008%2F11%2Fnih_plans_to_streamline_proces.html&title=NIH+plans+to+streamline+processing+of+grant+applications">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2008%2F11%2Fnih_plans_to_streamline_proces.html">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2008%2F11%2Fnih_plans_to_streamline_proces.html&title=NIH+plans+to+streamline+processing+of+grant+applications">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2008%2F11%2Fnih_plans_to_streamline_proces.html">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fpeer-to-peer%2F2008%2F11%2Fnih_plans_to_streamline_proces.html&title=NIH+plans+to+streamline+processing+of+grant+applications">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div id="wpn-post-138" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-10 wpn-even wpn-alt wpn-author-maxine-clarke wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-grants-tenure-and-positions wpn-category-systems cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2008-06-12T08:45:59+01:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2008-06-12">12 Jun 2008 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="08:45:59+0100"> 08:45 BST</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/2008/06/nih_responds_to_critics.html'>NIH responds to critics</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/author/Maxine-Clarke" title="Maxine Clarke">Maxine Clarke</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/category/grants-tenure-and-positions" rel="tag">Grants, tenure and positions</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/peer-to-peer/category/systems" rel="tag">Systems</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>A News story in the 12 June issue of Nature (453, 823; 2008) by Meredith Wadman: Responding to hundreds of critical comments, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has reversed several controversial proposals made in February as part of a year-long effort to overhaul the agency’s peer-review system (see Nature 451, 1035; 2008). As part of an initiative called Enhancing Peer Review, announced in a finalized form on 6 June, the agency will spend at least $200 million annually over the next five years to foster groundbreaking, investigator-initiated research. 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