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Thoughts On Optimizing Peer Review Mechanism Of Science Foundation, Guang Chen, Kaihua Chen, Xu Gong, Yi Yuan, Xin Fang

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Peer review is the self-regulating mechanism of the scientific community and the core link of scientific quality control. The core operating mechanism of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) is peer review, which is an important guarantee for the selection of high-quality projects. In order to promote the scientificity, objectivity, and impartiality of peer review, and steadily advance the reform and development of NSFC in the new era, this study analyzes the challenges of the current peer review mechanism of science foundation based on the review of the development of the peer review mechanism, and its advantages and disadvantages. …