2018
DOI: 10.1590/2318-08892018000200006
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Peering into peer review: Good quality reviews of research articles require neither writing too much nor taking too long

Abstract: The value of scientific knowledge is highly dependent on the quality of the process used to produce it, namely, the quality of the peer-review process. This process is a pivotal part of science as it works both to legitimize and improve the work of the scientific community. In this context, the present study investigated the relationship between review time, length, and feedback quality of review reports in the peer-review process of research articles. For this purpose, the review time of 313 referee reports f… Show more

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“…Scrutiny of peer-reviewers is not new, and Evans et al [10] looked into the characteristics of peer-reviewers who produce good quality reviews in a specific journal. Cabezas De Fierro et al [11] reviewed about 300 referee reports from three journals, concluding that neither time nor length was related to review quality. Our own interest, however, was sparked by a relatively recent platform which opened a door onto the usual (single/double/triple 1 ) blindness of peer-review: Publons.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Scrutiny of peer-reviewers is not new, and Evans et al [10] looked into the characteristics of peer-reviewers who produce good quality reviews in a specific journal. Cabezas De Fierro et al [11] reviewed about 300 referee reports from three journals, concluding that neither time nor length was related to review quality. Our own interest, however, was sparked by a relatively recent platform which opened a door onto the usual (single/double/triple 1 ) blindness of peer-review: Publons.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Los comentarios descriptivos que tienen una polaridad evaluativa neutra (Astudillo et al, 2016) no tienen ninguna utilidad para los autores, menos cuando se recomienda el rechazo del manuscrito evaluado. Los datos de otros trabajos (Astudillo, 2016, Suid, Sabaj & González, 2018Cabezas et al, 2018) sugieren que el uso de este tipo de propósitos tiene como función principal introducir de manera matizada un comentario evaluativo negativo, o bien demostrar que se ha revisado el manuscrito de manera cuidadosa. Otra característica de estos árbitros sin productividad es que son los que más adoptan un rol correctivo.…”
Section: Los Propósitos Comunicativos En Informes De Rechazounclassified
“…El Informe de Arbitraje como género discursivo: vacíos en su estudio El Informe de Arbitraje, como género discursivo, tiene características particulares que lo convierten en uno de los textos más importantes para comprender cómo la ciencia se construye de manera colectiva. Diversos autores (como Gosden, 2001Gosden, y 2003Bolívar, 2008;Fortanet, 2008;Astudillo, 2015;Astudillo et al, 2016;Samraj, 2016;Suid, Sabaj & González-Vergara, 2018;Cabezas et al, 2018;Sabaj et al, 2018) han descrito estas características.…”
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“…Authors have been accused of assessing publication value by impact factors or prestige, rather than the rigor and quality of each peer reviewed submission (Schimanski and Alperin 2018). Reviewer expertise and experience are also open to criticism, being blamed for the exercise of power, gatekeeping, paradigm contradiction and insufficient expertise (Atjonen 2019), as well as for providing descriptive praise or criticism, instead of practical guidance for improvement of manuscripts (del Fierro et al 2018). Even though peer reviewers are impartial experts (Roll 2019), there is recognition by editors that the peer review process is not without bias (Pollock 2019).…”
Section: Introduction: Scientific Publications On Sustainability In H...mentioning
confidence: 99%