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Can supervisors and/or managers serve as peer reviewers for information products authored by employees they supervise and vice versa? [039]

By Office of Science Quality and Integrity

No. For all USGS science information products an author and his/her supervisor are not allowed to serve as peer reviewers for one another, regardless of any collegial relationship or the expertise of either because doing so could be perceived as a conflict of interest. [Read more]

No. For all USGS science information products an author and his/her supervisor are not allowed to serve as peer reviewers for one another, regardless of any collegial relationship or the expertise of either because doing so could be perceived as a conflict of interest. This prohibition includes all products released in USGS publication series and all products released in outside publications.