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Acknowledgements

The authors thank the reviewers, especially for the list of objections. They further appreciate useful remarks by Raf Guns and Sandra Rousseau. Yuxian Liu thanks Liexun Yang from NSFC for forwarding her the second Publons report (Hayes & Hardcastle, 2019) on which this proposal was inspired.

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  1. Institute of Higher Education, Tongji University, Siping Road 1239, 200092, Shanghai, China

    Yuxian Liu

  2. MSI and Facultair Onderzoekscentrum ECOOM, KU Leuven, Naamsestraat 61, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Ronald Rousseau

  3. Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Antwerp, Middelheimlaan 1, 2020, Antwerp, Belgium

    Ronald Rousseau

  4. Tongji University Library, Tongji University, Siping Road 1239, 200092, Shanghai, China

    Yuxian Liu

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Ronald Rousseau belongs to the distinguished reviewers board of the journal Scientometrics as a Price Medal awardee.

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Liu, Y., Rousseau, R. A proposal for the peer review procedure for funding decisions. Scientometrics 128, 861–865 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-022-04538-9

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