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How will BAOs check the journal peer reviews and the associated reconciliations? [052]

By Office of Science Quality and Integrity

The BAOs, when reviewing any peer reviews and reconciliations, check to ensure that FSP peer review requirements have been followed. All peer reviews (including all USGS and journal reviews) and all reconciliations that occur before Bureau approval must be submitted as part of the approval package to the BAOs before any reconciliations are sent back to peer-reviewed journals. [Read more]

The BAOs, when reviewing any peer reviews and reconciliations, check to ensure that FSP peer review requirements have been followed (refer to SM 502.3). The BAOs do not evaluate the merits of the science but will flag any obvious technical issues. Note that all peer reviews (including all USGS and journal reviews) and all reconciliations that occur before Bureau approval must be submitted as part of the approval package to the BAOs before any reconciliations are sent back to peer-reviewed journals.