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Weak evidence of country- and institution-related status bias in the peer review of abstracts
- Source :
- eLife, Vol 10 (2021), Nielsen, M W, Baker, C F, Brady, E, Petersen, M B & Andersen, J P 2021, ' Weak evidence of country-and institution-related status bias in the peer review of abstracts ', eLife, vol. 10, e64561 . https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.64561, eLife
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- eLife Sciences Publications Ltd, 2021.
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Abstract
- Research suggests that scientists based at prestigious institutions receive more credit for their work than scientists based at less prestigious institutions, as do scientists working in certain countries. We examined the extent to which country- and institution-related status signals drive such differences in scientific recognition. In a preregistered survey experiment, we asked 4,147 scientists from six disciplines (astronomy, cardiology, materials science, political science, psychology and public health) to rate abstracts that varied on two factors: (i) author country (high status vs lower status in science); (ii) author institution (high status vs lower status university). We found only weak evidence of country- or institution-related status bias, and mixed regression models with discipline as random-effect parameter indicated that any plausible bias not detected by our study must be small in size.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Universities
Abstracting and Indexing
none
QH301-705.5
Astronomy
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Science
Materials Science
Mixed regression
Cardiology
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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Meta research
Surveys and Questionnaires
None
medicine
Institution
Humans
Psychology
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Social science
survey experiment
Biology (General)
media_common
Geography
General Immunology and Microbiology
General Neuroscience
Public health
Feature Article
05 social sciences
status bias
General Medicine
Survey experiment
halo effect
Laboratory Personnel
Work (electrical)
High status
Linear Models
Medicine
Public Health
Publication Bias
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- eLife
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....de69870b834432b3f0ce4d0e72449254
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.64561