Process and quality of peer review in scientific Nursing journals

To be high quality and international recognized scientific journal for health care professions, such as medical and nursing disciplines, a well-structured and effective peer review system is of an utmost importance. Beckstead (2009) in his guest editorial published in the September issue of International Journal of Nursing Studies suggested that it was important for authors, as well as editors and publishers, to have a clear understanding of whom the intended readers of the journal are; and for the peer reviewers, to answer a key question: <em>whom are we writing to?</em> and more importantly, to assure a transparent, rigorous and quality peer-review. Their questions and declarations stimulated us to think about two important issues: first, the importance of a high quality and effective peer-review in a scientific nursing journal and second, the peer-review system, its monitoring and contribution to quality improvement.

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SU-E-T-211: Peer Review System for Ensuring Quality of Radiation Therapy Treatments

Medical Physics ◽

10.1118/1.4735272 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 39 (6Part13) ◽

pp. 3751-3752

Author(s):

R Kapoor ◽

P Kapur ◽

SA Kumar ◽

D Alex ◽

S Ranka ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Radiation Therapy ◽

Peer Review ◽

Peer Review System ◽

Review System

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An international peer-review system for a Chinese scientific journal

Learned Publishing ◽

10.1087/095315103321505557 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 91-94 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Zhang Yuehong Helen ◽

Yuan Yachun ◽

Jiang Yufei

Keyword(s):

Peer Review ◽

Scientific Journal ◽

Peer Review System ◽

Review System

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The role and significance of peer-review in Russian and foreign library and information science journals: a comparative analysis

Science Editor and Publisher ◽

10.24069/sep-21-03 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

V. N. Gureyev ◽

N. A. Mazov

Keyword(s):

Peer Review ◽

Information Science ◽

Review Process ◽

Peer Review Process ◽

Library And Information Science ◽

Review System ◽

Academic Journals ◽

Peer Reviews ◽

Peer Reviewers

The paper summarizes experience of the authors as peer-reviewers of more than 100 manuscripts in twelve Russian and foreign academic journals on Library and Information Science in the last seven years. Prepared peer-reviews were used for making a list of the most usual critical and special comments for each manuscript that were subsequently structured for the conducted analyzes. Typical issues accompanying the peer-review process are shown. Significant differences between the results of peer-review in Russian and foreign journals are detected: although the initial quality of newly submitted manuscripts is approximately equal, the final published versions in foreign journals addressed all critical and the majority of minor reviewers’ comments, while in Russian journals more than one third of final versions were published with critical gaps. We conclude about low interest in high quality peer reviews among both authors and editors-in-chief in Russian journals. Despite the limitations of the samples, the obtained findings can be useful when evaluating the current peer-review system in Russian academic journals on Library and Information Science.

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EVALUATION OF MULTIFUNCTIONALITY IN COSMETICS

Universal Journal of Pharmaceutical Research ◽

10.22270/ujpr.v6i3.606 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Evren ALGIN YAPAR ◽

Aslı ŞAHİNER ◽

Bilge Ahsen KARA ◽

Sümeyra TUNA YILDIRIM ◽

Ece HALAT ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Peer Review ◽

Peer Review System ◽

Cosmetic Products ◽

Review System ◽

Initial Stage ◽

Unique System ◽

Cosmetic Ingredients ◽

New Ideas ◽

Review Reports

In recent years, developments in the field of cosmetic ingredients especially use of natural sources and carriers systems and the manufacturing methods resulted as an improvement in the effect and stability of cosmetics, and thus the performance and component-based multi-functionalities of cosmetic products. Those have partially contributed to the condition-dependent functionality, developments in the field of marketing, monitoring of expectations and their reflection on marketing and the creation of new ideas in the field of claim-driven multi-functionality. Multi-functionality in cosmetic products can be evaluated in four groups. These are performance-based multi-functionality, component-based multi-functionality, conditional multi-functionality and claim-driven multi-functionality. In the first two groups, performance related to formulation and manufacturing comes to the fore, while in the last two, safety becomes important and those are briefly given in this review. Peer Review History: Received: 12 May 2021; Revised: 11 June; Accepted: 25 June, Available online: 15 July 2021 Academic Editor: Ahmad Najib, Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Makassar, Indonesia, [email protected] UJPR follows the most transparent and toughest ‘Advanced OPEN peer review’ system. The identity of the authors and, reviewers will be known to each other. This transparent process will help to eradicate any possible malicious/purposeful interference by any person (publishing staff, reviewer, editor, author, etc) during peer review. As a result of this unique system, all reviewers will get their due recognition and respect, once their names are published in the papers. We expect that, by publishing peer review reports with published papers, will be helpful to many authors for drafting their article according to the specifications. Auhors will remove any error of their article and they will improve their article(s) according to the previous reports displayed with published article(s). The main purpose of it is ‘to improve the quality of a candidate manuscript’. Our reviewers check the ‘strength and weakness of a manuscript honestly’. There will increase in the perfection, and transparency. Received file: Reviewer's Comments: Average Peer review marks at initial stage: 6.0/10 Average Peer review marks at publication stage: 7.5/10 Reviewer(s) detail: Dr. Govind Vyas, Compliance & Regulatory Officer Inva-Tech Pharmaceuticals LLC, New-Jersey, USA, [email protected] Dr. Mohammad Bayan, Faculty of Pharmacy, Philadelphia University, P.O. Box: 1 Philadelphia University 19392 Jordan, [email protected] Dr. Sally A. El-Zahaby, Pharos University in Alexandria, Egypt, [email protected]

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The Pioneering Role of Sci in Post Publication Public Peer Review (P4R)

10.20944/preprints202101.0395.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ahmad Yaman Abdin ◽

Muhmmad Jawad Nasim ◽

Yannick Ney ◽

Claus Jacob

Keyword(s):

Peer Review ◽

Scientific Discovery ◽

Scientific Article ◽

Scientific Journals ◽

Peer Review System ◽

Review System ◽

Double Blind ◽

Single Blind

Scientists observe, discover, justify and eventually share their findings with the scientific community. Dissemination is an integral aspect of scientific discovery since discoveries which go unnoticed have no or little impact on science. Today, peer-review is part of this process of scientific dissemination as it contributes proactively to the quality of a scientific article. As the numbers of scientific journals and scientific articles published therein are increasing steady, processes such as the single-blind or double-blind peer review are facing a near collapse situation. In fact, these traditional forms of reviewing have reached their limits and, because of this, are also increasingly considered as unfair, sloppy, superficial and even biased. In this manuscript we propose forms of Post Publication Public Peer Review (P4R) as valuable alternatives to the traditional blind peer review system. We describe how the journal Sci has explored such an approach and provide first empirical evidence of the benefits and also challenges such a P4R approach is facing.

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Editorial

Relay Journal ◽

10.37237/relay/020101 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-5

Keyword(s):

Peer Review ◽

Individual Difference ◽

Administrative Support ◽

Teacher Autonomy ◽

Editorial Team ◽

International Studies ◽

Peer Review System ◽

Review System ◽

Collaborative Efforts

We are excited to announce that Volume 2 Issue 1 of Relay Journal has been published. In this issue, we explore the interplay between a number of individual difference (ID) factors and autonomy in three featured articles. In addition, this issue is packed with case studies, and project and research reports on a range of issues related to learner and teacher autonomy. The publication of this issue comes to fruition because of the collaborative efforts of our editorial team and reviewers who have selflessly devoted their time to proofreading and reviewing articles. Their contributions not only uphold the quality of the articles published in the journal but also facilitate the dialogic, professional exchange in the field of learner/teacher autonomy. Adhering to the post-publication peer review system of Relay Journal, we encourage you to not only read the articles and comments which are publicly available, but also participate in this professional dialogue by offering your own reflections and feedback. Lastly, we would like to express our appreciation to the Research Institute for Learner Autonomy Education (RIILAE) at Kanda University of International Studies, which makes the experience of editing this issue so enjoyable by offering timely editorial and administrative support throughout the process.

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The Pioneering Role of Sci in Post Publication Public Peer Review (P4R)

Publications ◽

10.3390/publications9010013 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 13

Author(s):

Ahmad Yaman Abdin ◽

Muhammad Jawad Nasim ◽

Yannick Ney ◽

Claus Jacob

Keyword(s):

Peer Review ◽

Scientific Discovery ◽

Scientific Article ◽

Scientific Journals ◽

Peer Review System ◽

Review System ◽

Double Blind ◽

Single Blind

Scientists observe, discover, justify and eventually share their findings with the scientific community. Dissemination is an integral aspect of scientific discovery, since discoveries which go unnoticed have no or little impact on science. Today, peer review is part of this process of scientific dissemination as it contributes proactively to the quality of a scientific article. As the numbers of scientific journals and scientific articles published therein are increasing steadily, processes such as the single-blind or double-blind peer review are facing a near collapse situation. In fact, these traditional forms of reviewing have reached their limits and, because of this, are also increasingly considered as unfair, sloppy, superficial and even biased. In this manuscript, we propose forms of post-publication public peer review (P4R) as valuable alternatives to the traditional blind peer review system. We describe how the journal Sci has explored such an approach and provide first empirical evidence of the benefits and also challenges, such a P4R approach faces.

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