The evaluation by experts of the quality and pertinence of research or research proposals of other experts in the same field. Peer review is used by editors in deciding which submissions warrant publication, by granting agencies to determine which proposals should be funded, and by academic institutions in tenure decisions.
    

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Understanding medical research : the studies that shaped medicine / edited by John A. Goodfellow ; with foreword by Sir Liam Donaldson.

What we know and do not know about the NIH peer review system / Grace M. Carter.

Peer review : a view from the inside / by Harriet Moxham and Joe Anderson.

Peer review in health sciences / edited by Fiona Godlee and Tom Jefferson.

A decent proposal : ethical review of clinical research / Donald Evans and Martyn Evans.

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Understanding medical research : the studies that shaped medicine / edited by John A. Goodfellow ; with foreword by Sir Liam Donaldson.

What we know and do not know about the NIH peer review system / Grace M. Carter.

Peer review : a view from the inside / by Harriet Moxham and Joe Anderson.

Peer review in health sciences / edited by Fiona Godlee and Tom Jefferson.

A decent proposal : ethical review of clinical research / Donald Evans and Martyn Evans.