The assumption underlying the value of peer re view is that the
quality of work is substantiated or improved through critiques by
individuals who are independent, objective, and have specialized
knowledge in the subject matter. One of the authors (Dr. Lyons) has
had firsthand experience with such reviews. Some time ago, while in
the private sector, he was asked to serve on a National Research
Council (NRC) ad hoc committee of external, independent experts to
review the fire research program at the National Bureau of
Standards (N BS). The committee found the program s to be
fragmented and deficient in basic research, and made a number of
recommendations on how to improve them. (For more on how such a
committee operates, see the discussion of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology in chapter 3.) The result was the creation
of a newly focused organization with a strengthened scientific
knowledge base. These reforms helped NBS become a world leader in
the field of fire research.
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