FOI2023/00941: NERC Submission Data
Case reference FOI2023/00941
Published 29 January 2024
Request
Request Received: 19 November 2023
In an attempt to move beyond anecdotal evidence about severe pressure on the peer-review system, we would like to assess the resilience of the peer review system using time-series metrics. As such, we are writing to NERC with a data request.
Would it be possible for you to provide the following data for each submission NERC has received?
• The submission date [i.e. call close date]
• Whether the submission was sent out to review or not? (Y/N)
• The date the submission was sent out to review
• How many reviewers were contacted about that submission
• How many reviewers returned a review for that submission
• The date the submission received the required number of reviews
We seek this information for as long a time period as you are able to provide, depending on your records - covering as many funding calls as you have data available for. However, we wish to only consider the first round of reviews, and so data on subsequent rounds of reviews of an amended submission is not needed. We do not require any information about the authors, or the contents of the submission itself.
Response
Response Sent: 18 December 2023
Full details of this response are provided in the attached documents.
Documents
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