The Distributed Peer Review Experiment

The Messenger 177 – Quarter 3 | 2019 example, late dropouts during the review process can reduce the number of pre-meeting reviews per proposal, making the triage procedure less robust. While this change was relatively easy to implement, experience gained during Periods 102 and 103 suggests that the negative consequences outweigh the benefits. It is clear that further and more drastic and structured actions need to be taken; these include a move to an annual cycle and the deployment of a fast track channel (FTC; see Patat, 2018a).