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Maaaaybe. Truth be told, it's all about networking. Grants go to the friends of the reviewers more so than to those deemed most deserving [0]. Granted, it's rea
by Balgair 8y ago
Maaaaybe. Truth be told, it's all about networking. Grants go to the friends of the reviewers more so than to those deemed most deserving [0]. Granted, it's really hard to read a bunch of proposals and determine whose is 'most' deserving. So reviewers act like the humans they are and give the grants to their friends.
[0]Total anecdata, I have no source for this.
- robotresearcher 8y agoI don't review grants for my friends. This is a strong community norm. It's unethical to do so. This causes a shortage of qualified reviewers, but that's less of a moral hazard than conflicts of interest.
- SubiculumCode 8y agoIf you admit you do not know this, then why say it? I've had opportunities to review papers from people I have co-authored with before and declined the opportunity. I've reviewed a paper, then got an invitation from another journal to review the same paper. I declined, but sent the editor my former review. I thing there are strong social mores in the scientific community.