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A "Supreme Court" for peer review of papers and proposals

Submitted by Mike Ciavarella on Sun, 2008-06-29 14:18.
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Fewer academics could be the answer to insufficient grants -- Nature Andrew Doig 453, 978 (2008)

Submitted by Mike Ciavarella on Fri, 2008-06-20 17:53.
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Fewer academics could be the answer to insufficient grants

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Fewer academics could be the answer to insufficient grants


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