In the first-ever analysis of peer-review scores for postdoctoral fellowship applications, the system is revealed as being riddled with prejudice. The policy of secrecy in evaluation must be abandoned.
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Wennerås, C., Wold, A. Nepotism and sexism in peer-review. Nature 387, 341–343 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/387341a0
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