A scoping review of simulation models of peer review

T Feliciani, J Luo, L Ma, P Lucas, F Squazzoni… - Scientometrics, 2019 - Springer
Peer review is a process used in the selection of manuscripts for journal publication and
proposals for research grant funding. Though widely used, peer review is not without flaws …

Understanding the peer review endeavor in scientific publishing

G Zhang, S Xu, Y Sun, C Jiang, X Wang - Journal of Informetrics, 2022 - Elsevier
Peer review plays an essential role in the scholarly publishing life cycle. Using the verified
peer review records of reviewers who use the Publons, we employed review length as a …

[HTML][HTML] The “invisible hand” of peer review: The implications of author-referee networks on peer review in a scholarly journal

P Dondio, N Casnici, F Grimaldo, N Gilbert… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Peer review is not only a quality screening mechanism for scholarly journals. It also
connects authors and referees either directly or indirectly. This means that their positions in …

Evaluating alternative systems of peer review: a large-scale agent-based modelling approach to scientific publication

M Kovanis, L Trinquart, P Ravaud, R Porcher - Scientometrics, 2017 - Springer
The debate on whether the peer-review system is in crisis has been heated recently. A
variety of alternative systems have been proposed to improve the system and make it …

[HTML][HTML] Hidden connections: Network effects on editorial decisions in four computer science journals

G Bravo, M Farjam, FG Moreno, A Birukou… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper aims to examine the influence of authors' reputation on editorial bias in scholarly
journals. By looking at eight years of editorial decisions in four computer science journals …

The peer review game: an agent-based model of scientists facing resource constraints and institutional pressures

F Bianchi, F Grimaldo, G Bravo, F Squazzoni - Scientometrics, 2018 - Springer
This paper looks at peer review as a cooperation dilemma through a game-theory
framework. We built an agent-based model to estimate how much the quality of peer review …

Are non-monetary rewards effective in attracting peer reviewers? A natural experiment

MA Zaharie, M Seeber - Scientometrics, 2018 - Springer
Editors of scientific journals meet increasing challenges to find peer reviewers. Rewarding
reviewers has been proposed as a solution to incentives peer review, and journals have …

On performance of peer review for academic journals: Analysis based on distributed parallel system

ZY Tan, N Cai, J Zhou, SG Zhang - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A simulation model based on parallel systems is established, aiming to explore the relation
between the number of submissions and the overall standard of academic journals within a …

同行评议速度与论文影响力的关系研究——以二次文献选文速度为视角

张光耀, 谢维熙, 姜春林, 王贤文 - 信息资源管理学报, 2023 - jirm.whu.edu.cn
长期以来, 同行评议作为学术论文发表体系及规范中的重要环节, 备受学术界的关注. 然而,
同行评议速度所象征的科学学意涵尚未得到全面的研究和阐释. 基于此, 本研究试图以二次文献 …

Is peer review duration shorter for attractive manuscripts?

G Zhang, F Shang, L Wang, W Xie… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Authors often ask how long the peer review process takes. Peer review duration has
attracted much attention in academia in recent years. Existing research focuses primarily on …