Peer review of grant applications: a harbinger for mediocrity in clinical research?
The LancetPublished 1 November 1996
David F. Horrobin
Citations93
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score12.11
SNIP22.72
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Abstract
"The function of peer review in the biomedical sciences is to ensure the speediest possible application of innovative research in the basic and clinical sciences to the improvement of human healthcare."
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MedicineEconomics, Econometrics and FinanceHealth Professions
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