Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Daniel E. Acuna, Misha Teplitskiy, James A. Evans, Konrad Kording
Summary: Peer review is an important aspect of science, but the practice of authors suggesting reviewers has been controversial. This article examines the association between author-suggested reviewers and review invitation, review scores, acceptance rates, and subjective review quality, and finds that author-suggested review panels can increase the chances of acceptance but reviewers are less likely to agree to review.
Editorial Material
Behavioral Sciences
Gunther K. H. Zupanc
Summary: A study found no significant difference in the review ratings between author-suggested reviewers and reviewers not suggested by the authors, indicating that author-suggested reviewers are not necessarily biased if their qualifications and impartiality are vetted by the editor before selection.
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Biology
Charles W. Fox
Summary: Identifying reviewers is generally discouraged, but some are willing to sign their comments. Male reviewers are more likely to sign than female reviewers, and reviews are more likely to be signed for more positively rated manuscripts. Signed reviews are longer and recommend more references.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Nadine Borduas-Dedekind, Karen C. Short, Samuel P. Carlson
Summary: Journals with open-discussion forums, such as Earth System Science Data (ESSD), are suitable for peer review training for early career scientists. This article presents the authors' experiences in conducting peer review workshops using manuscripts submitted to ESSD from the perspectives of workshop instructor, student, and author, and provides recommendations for the structure of such workshops. The authors aim to promote the use of open-discussion forums, including ESSD, for educational purposes, as they offer mutual benefits to trainees, authors, reviewers, and editors.
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA
(2023)
Letter
Engineering, Biomedical
Manuel B. Garcia
Summary: This letter raises concerns about the lack of established editorial policies for the utilization of AI tools such as ChatGPT in the peer review process. The growing adoption of AI tools in academic publishing calls for standardized guidelines to ensure fairness, transparency, and accountability. Without clear editorial policies, there is a risk of compromising the integrity of peer review and undermining the credibility of academic publications. Urgent attention is required to address this gap and establish robust protocols governing the use of AI tools in peer review.
ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Review
Surgery
Robin R. Cotter, Luke M. Funk, Sandra L. Wong
Summary: Most open access surgical journals are indexed in PubMed, have transparent review processes, employ variable APCs (including no publication fees), and proceed efficiently from submission to publication.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Jason R. Crossley, Mohamad Almasri, Nadia Samaha, Timothy R. Deklotz, Earl H. Harley, Bruce J. Davidson, Sonya Malekzadeh, H. Jeffrey Kim
Summary: This study describes the academic impact and author characteristics of open-access journals in otolaryngology. The findings indicate that articles published in open-access journals in this field have significantly fewer citations and lower academic impact compared to subscription-based journals.
Article
Information Science & Library Science
Jean Iwaz
Summary: The article emphasizes that reviewer comments are helpful in improving article quality, but many authors have negative attitudes towards reviewer comments, finding them unclear, inappropriate, and unpleasant. The article also highlights the characteristics that reviewers should possess when conducting reviews, such as being brief, quick, clear, specific, and only requesting feasible tasks within a short period of time.
LEARNED PUBLISHING
(2022)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Daniel Garcia-Costa, Flaminio Squazzoni, Bahar Mehmani, Francisco Grimaldo
Summary: This study tested a quality assessment tool on a sample of 1.3 million reports submitted to 740 Elsevier journals. The results showed that the developmental standards of peer review are shared across research areas but with significant differences. Reports submitted to social science and economics journals have the highest developmental standards. Reports from junior reviewers, women, and reviewers from Western Europe are generally more developmental than those from senior, men, and reviewers working in academic institutions outside Western regions.
Review
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Chunli Wei, Jingyi Zhao, Jue Ni, Jiang Li
Summary: This study examined the impact of open peer review (OPR) on the usage and citations of scientific articles using a dataset of 6441 articles published in six Public Library of Science (PLoS) journals in 2020-2021. OPR was found to have a positive association with higher article page views, saving, sharing, and HTML to PDF conversion rate; however, OPR articles had a lower PDF to citations conversion rate compared to non-OPR articles. The effects of OPR on citations varied across different citation databases. These findings provide compelling evidence to promote the adoption of OPR in scientific publishing and highlight the importance of careful selection of bibliographic databases when assessing its impact on article citations.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Uma V. Mahajan, Harsh Wadhwa, Parastou Fatemi, Samantha Xu, Judy Shan, Deborah L. Benzil, Corinna C. Zygourakis
Summary: Publications are crucial for academic advancement, and this study assessed the status of women in academic neurosurgery publications. The study found that although women are underrepresented in the field, their rates of entering residency, achieving board certification, and publishing papers are increasing. The introduction of double-blind peer review did not impact female authorship rates in the two top neurosurgical journals.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chie Tachiki, Yasushi Nishii, Masae Yamamoto, Takashi Takaki
Summary: Temporary anchorage devices (TADs) provide an additional treatment option for open bite cases by allowing molar intrusion. In this study involving 33 patients, it was found that FMA is the most appropriate parameter for determining treatment criteria, with a cutoff value of 37.5 degrees for molar intrusion versus surgical orthodontic treatment.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Review
Information Science & Library Science
Dietmar Wolfram, Peiling Wang, Fuad Abuzahra
Summary: This study examines the characteristics of review content and quantitative aspects of the review process in journals adopting open peer review. The findings suggest that the use of hedging terms in reviews is not influenced by whether reviewers are required to identify themselves, while there is a significant difference in the use of research-related terms. Additionally, the study reveals that having more reviewers or conducting more reviews does not necessarily lead to more impactful papers.
RESEARCH EVALUATION
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Khaoula Ben Messaoud, Sara Schroter, Mark Richards, Angele Gayet-Ageron
Summary: This study aims to describe gender and geographical inequalities in invitations to review and the response to these invitations and to assess whether inequalities increased during the covid-19 pandemic. The study found that gender, geographical affiliation, and country income were closely associated with the agreement to review. The study also found that the agreement rate was lower during different phases of the pandemic compared to the pre-pandemic period.
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Marina Christ Franco, Leticia Sartori, Ana Beatriz Queiroz, Karin Hermana Neppelenbroek, Linda Wang, Manoel Damiao Sousa-Neto, Saul Martins Paiva, Marcos Britto Correa, Maximiliano Sergio Cenci, Rafael Ratto de Moraes, Flavio Fernando Demarco
Summary: This retrospective cohort study examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the gender gap in articles submitted to dental journals in Brazil. The results showed that during the pandemic, there was an increase in the proportion of male first authors and a decrease in the proportion of female first authors. This suggests that COVID-19 may have exacerbated gender inequality in dental science.
BRAZILIAN ORAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Stephanie L. Harriman, Jigisha Patel
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Elizabeth C. Moylan, Maria K. Kowalczuk
Editorial Material
Biology
Elizabeth C. Moylan, Matt J. Hodgkinson, Maria Kowalczuk, Scott C. Edmunds, Penelope A. Webb
Editorial Material
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Maria K. Kowalczuk, Shreeya Nanda, Elizabeth C. Moylan
Editorial Material
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Shreeya Nanda, Maria K. Kowalczuk
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Stephanie Harriman, Jigisha Patel
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Stephanie Harriman, Jigisha Patel
Editorial Material
Zoology
Elizabeth Moylan, Simon Harold, Philippa Harris, Christopher Foote, Chris Arme, Alessandro Minelli, Maria Kowalczuk, Caroline Black
Editorial Material
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Elizabeth C. Moylan, Simon Harold, Ciaran O'Neill, Maria K. Kowalczuk
BMC PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY
(2014)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Joanna Kiraga, Pawel Mackiewicz, Dorota Mackiewicz, Maria Kowalczuk, Przemyslaw Biecek, Natalia Polak, Kamila Smolarczyk, Miroslaw R. Dudek, Stanislaw Cebrat