Project Grant 2316034

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, under CFDA 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering, provides $200,000 in funding to George Mason University to develop improved methods and concepts to guide the development and application of new digital technologies that could be used in peer review processes for evaluating scientific publishing and funding outcomes. The research team will seek to compare perceptions of peer review decisions assisted by algorithms to those made by humans, with a focus on the ethics and value of using algorithms in peer review. The project will offer insights on measuring both pragmatic and moral legitimacy as they pertain to peer review, and will provide an adaptable survey tool and approach for gauging perceptions about algorithmic versus human peer review decisions and other scholarly communication activities.