{"id":21105,"date":"2020-01-30T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T04:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/?p=21105"},"modified":"2022-10-26T08:30:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T02:30:36","slug":"publishing-peer-review-reports-does-it-affect-reviewer-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/publishing-peer-review-reports-does-it-affect-reviewer-behavior\/","title":{"rendered":"Publishing Peer Review Reports \u2013 Does It Affect Reviewer’s Behavior?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As an academic, you rely on publications to secure and further your career. However, publishing a research is not easy. For decades, academics have questioned the way journals select and review the articles that are published. Some journals have responded with publishing the peer review<\/a> reports they receive from referees. This has raised another concern: will an open peer review system affect the way referees write a review? Researchers performed a pilot study<\/a> to assess this. Let us find out more about this study.<\/p>\n

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Pilot Study of an Open Peer Review System<\/h2>\n

A pilot study was conducted involving five top journals to evaluate whether publishing peer review reports would affect a referee\u2019s behavior<\/a>. Following factors were considered:<\/p>\n

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  1. Reviewer\u2019s willingness<\/strong> to review articles.<\/li>\n
  2. The type of recommendations<\/strong> the reviewers made.<\/li>\n
  3. Reviewer review turn-around times<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  4. The tone<\/strong> of the report.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Following these criteria minimized the bias:<\/p>\n