title: A semi-automatic web based tool for the selection of research projects reviewers.
abstract: The correct evaluation of research proposals continues today to be problematic, and in many cases, grants and fellowships are subjected to this type of assessment. A web based semi-automatic tool to help in the selection of reviewers was developed. The core of the proposed system is the matching of the MeSH Descriptors of the publications submitted by the reviewers (for their accreditation) and the Descriptor linked to the research keywords, which were selected. Moreover, a citation related index was further calculated and adopted in order to discard not suitable reviewers. This tool was used as a support in a web site for the evaluation of candidates applying for a fellowship in the oncology field.
authors.affiliation: Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and System Engineering, University of Genoa, Via Opera Pia 13, 16145 Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pupella
authors.affiliation: Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and System Engineering, University of Genoa, Via Opera Pia 13, 16145 Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Eugenia
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Monteverde
authors.affiliation: Alleanza Contro il Cancro, Via Giorgio Ribotta, 5, 00144, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lombardo
authors.affiliation: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 29, 00161, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Belardelli
authors.affiliation: Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and System Engineering, University of Genoa, Via Opera Pia 13, 16145 Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giacomini
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003657:Decision Making; D020407:Internet; D046650:Medical Subject Headings; D017712:Peer Review, Research / Q000379:methods*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000145:classification*; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods*; D039781:PubMed; D012984:Software