Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. 1 / Opening the Black Box of Peer Review 1
4. 2 / How Panels Work 22
5. 3 / On Disciplinary Cultures 53
6. 4 / Pragmatic Fairness: Customary Rules of Deliberation 107
7. 5 / Recognizing Various Kinds of Excellence 159
8. 6 /Considering Interdisciplinarity and Diversity 202
9. 7 /Implications in the United States and Abroad 239
10. Appendix: Methods and Data Analysis 251
11. Notes 259
12. References 289
13. Acknowledgments 316
14. Index 321