The gold standard of safe-guarding the quality of published science is peer review. However, this long-standing system has not evolved in today's digital world, where there has …
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 …
N El-Guebaly, J Foster, A Bahji… - Nordic Studies on …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The critical role of peer reviewers in the publishing process is examined. Examples of typical challenges are provided, including the relative lack of rewards for this important task …
Reviewers do not only help editors to screen manuscripts for publication in academic journals; they also serve to increase the rigor and value of manuscripts by constructive …
P Jia, W Xie, G Zhang, X Wang - Scientometrics, 2023 - Springer
As the gatekeeper of science, reviewers play an essential role in academic publishing by improving the quality of papers and maintaining research integrity. In this research, we …
There is no clear-cut boundary between Free and Open Source Software and Open Scholarship, and the histories, practices, and fundamental principles between the two …
Prepublication peer review is a cornerstone of science. Overburdened reviewers invest millions of hours in this voluntary activity. In this scoping review, we aimed at identifying …
Abstract Background and Objectives Reviewer refusal is a phenomenon associated with different causes, including reviewer fatigue, lack of time, dissatisfaction with the editorial …