Prevalence of Short Peer Reviews in 3 Leading General Medical Journals
Pascal Geldsetzer,
Markus Heemann,
Pauli Tikka
et al.
Abstract:ImportanceHigh-quality peer reviews are often thought to be essential to ensuring the integrity of the scientific publication process, but measuring peer review quality is challenging. Although imperfect, review word count could potentially serve as a simple, objective metric of review quality.ObjectiveTo determine the prevalence of very short peer reviews and how often they inform editorial decisions on research articles in 3 leading general medical journals.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis cross-section… Show more
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