scholarly journals When charity is outrage: The benefits and pitfalls of incentivized peer review

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pranab Chatterjee ◽  
Bhavna Seth ◽  
Amy Price ◽  
Graham Steel ◽  
Rakesh Biswas
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Standard Method ◽  
Scholarly Work ◽  
Academic Journals ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Published Evidence ◽  
The World ◽  
Professional Body ◽  
Peer Reviewers

Peer review remains the standard method to vet scholarly work and to assess their suitability for publication in academic journals. As the debate about the effectiveness of peer review has taken center stage, it has pushed the peer reviewers out of the limelight. In this article, the authors take a look at the various endeavors undertaken to incentivize the process of peer review. This gives rise to another debate, whether peer review should be incentivized at all, and if it is, then what is the most appropriate method. This article mentions the emerging trends of “pay for peer review” and the moral and ethical implications of this method. The authors also provide possible processes in which a journal, supported by an academic or professional body, may undertake the issue of incentivizing the largely anonymous and un‑credited work of peer reviewers who remain the sentinels of the world of published evidence.

scholarly journals Charity is welcome: The international benefits and pitfalls of peer Review

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Steel ◽  
Amy Price ◽  
Bhavna Seth ◽  
Rakesh Biswas ◽  
Pranab Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Traditional Method ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
Center Stage ◽  
Published Evidence ◽  
Peer Reviewing ◽  
The World ◽  
Peer Reviewers ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Way

Peer review is the traditional method for validating academic work and this process is not without complications. Debates about the way peer reviewing is accomplished, the hazy but sensational world of retractions and the costs of publishing for authors are taking center stage. In no other field do people conceive and build the work, pay for it, inspect it, distribute it and buy it back again for their continued survival. Still after all this investment they can struggle for rights of access. In order to stem the tide of discontent, incentives for peer reviewers were introduced. The authors investigate the many faceted approaches to incentivize the process of peer review and consider what value they add, if any. The authors explore other avenues to benefit the largely anonymous and uncredited work of peer reviewers who remain the sentinels of the world of published evidence.

scholarly journals Charity is welcome: The international benefits and pitfalls of peer Review

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Steel ◽  
Amy Price ◽  
Bhavna Seth ◽  
Rakesh Biswas ◽  
Pranab Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Traditional Method ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
Center Stage ◽  
Published Evidence ◽  
Peer Reviewing ◽  
The World ◽  
Peer Reviewers ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Way

Peer review is the traditional method for validating academic work and this process is not without complications. Debates about the way peer reviewing is accomplished, the hazy but sensational world of retractions and the costs of publishing for authors are taking center stage. In no other field do people conceive and build the work, pay for it, inspect it, distribute it and buy it back again for their continued survival. Still after all this investment they can struggle for rights of access. In order to stem the tide of discontent, incentives for peer reviewers were introduced. The authors investigate the many faceted approaches to incentivize the process of peer review and consider what value they add, if any. The authors explore other avenues to benefit the largely anonymous and uncredited work of peer reviewers who remain the sentinels of the world of published evidence.

scholarly journals Colorectal cancer in the world: incidence, mortality and risk factors

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 1656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamidreza Sadeghi Gandomani ◽  
Seyed Majid Yousefi ◽  
Mohammad Aghajani ◽  
Abdollah Mohammadian-Hafshejani ◽  
Abed Asgari Tarazoj ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Medical History ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Incidence Rates ◽  
Screening Programs ◽  
The World ◽  
Peer Reviewers

A rapid literature search strategy was conducted for all English language literature published before July 2017. The search was conducted using the electronic databases PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science. The search strategy included the keywords ‘colorectal cancer’, ‘epidemiology’, ‘incidence’, ‘mortality’, ‘risk factor’, and ‘world’. In 2012, the highest CRC incidence rates were observed in the Republic of Korea, Slovakia and Hungary while the lowest incidence rates were seen in Singapore, Serbia and Japan. The highest CRC mortality rates in both sexes were seen in Central and Eastern Europe and the lowest mortality rates were found in Middle Division of Africa. The main risk factors for CRC include nutritional factors, past medical history, smoking, socioeconomic status, and family medical history. According to the increasing trend of CRC incidence and mortality in the world, implementation of prevention programs such as screening programs, diet modification, and healthy lifestyle education is necessary. Peer Review Details Peer review method: Single-Blind (Peer-reviewers: 02) Peer-review policy Plagiarism software screening?: Yes Date of Original Submission: 26 August 2017 Date accepted: 20 Sept 2017 Peer reviewers approved by: Dr. Lili Hami Editor who approved publication: Dr. Phuc Van Pham  

Looking inside the world of peer review: Implications for graduate student writers

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Paltridge
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Academic Journals ◽  
Student Writers ◽  
Academic Appointment ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Research Students

Getting published in academic journals is increasingly important for research students in terms of gaining employment when they complete their studies and, in the future, for tenure and promotion applications once they have obtained an academic appointment. In this paper, I discuss some of the challenges that student (and early career) writers face when submitting articles to academic journals and, in particular, how they might better understand and respond to the reports they receive on their work.

Peer Reviewers as Co-Authors

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matheus Pereira Lobo
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Reward System ◽  
Academic Journals ◽  
Peer Reviewing ◽  
Peer Reviewers

Open peer review is a process in which names of peer reviewers of papers submitted to academic journals are disclosed to the authors of the papers in question. Peer reviewing is a tough task, it requires large amounts of knowledge and effort. Reviewers usually work in the same discipline as the authors of the paper under consideration. It seems natural to ponder that those reviewers could give major contributions if they could sign the paper as one of the co-authors. Here we propose that open peer reviewers should join the list of co-authors as a reward system based on transparency, expertise and justice.

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

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.

scholarly journals Message from Editor

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. I
Author(s):  
Prof. Dr. Nilgün Sarp
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
Great Honor ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
The World ◽  
Scientific Platform

Editor Mesajı   DeÄŸerli Okuyucular,   Uluslararası SaÄŸlık Bilimlerinde Yeni EÄŸilimler Dergisi (International Journal of Emerging Trends in Health Sciences - IJETHS) ‘yi yayınlamış olduÄŸumuz için büyük  bir onur duyuyoruz.   Uluslararası SaÄŸlık Bilimlerinde Yeni EÄŸilimler Dergisi multi-disipliner, hakemli, eriÅŸime açık bir dergi olup; saÄŸlık bilimleri alanındaki yeni eÄŸilimler ve konuların sunulması ve tartışılması için bir platform ortaya koymaktadır. SaÄŸlık bilimlerinin tüm alanlarında çalışan profesyoneller ve araÅŸtırmacıların saÄŸlık bilimleri alanına katkı koymasını amaçlayan uluslararası bir dergidir. Bunun yanında, saÄŸlık bilimleri ile ilgili özgün araÅŸtırmalar ve derleme makaleler yayınlayarak saÄŸlık bilimleri alanındaki güncel eÄŸilimleri ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır. Dergi, hakemlik etiÄŸinin en yüksek standartlarına uymayı hedefleyen dünyanın her yerinden saÄŸlık bilimleri alanına katkı koyan her türlü bilimsel çalışmaya katkıda bulunmayı memnuniyetle karşılar.   Message from Editor   Dear Readers,   It is a great honor for us to publish first issue of International Journal of Emerging Trends in Health Sciences (IJETHS).   International Journal of Emerging Trends in Health Sciences (IJETHS) is a multi-disciplinary, peer- reviewed, open access journal which provides a scientific platform for presenting and discussing new trends and issues in health sciences. It is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of health sciences. The journal publishes original researches, surveys and review articles of all the disciplines of health sciences and it comprises comprehensive leading and current trends in health sciences. The journal is an online refereed academic journal that adheres to the highest standards of peer review and engages established and emerging scholars from anywhere in the world, and welcoming any contributions all kinds of scientific works in any disciplines of health sciences.

Recognized Outstanding Reviewers for Circulation in 2021

Circulation ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darren K. McGuire ◽  
James A. de Lemos ◽  
Joseph A. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
The World ◽  
Peer Reviewers

The quality and impact of the articles we publish in Circulation depend critically on the contributions and efforts of our extended team of peer reviewers, comprising hundreds of colleagues around the world. Although we received reliably outstanding reviews of all of the articles we submit for peer review, and we are grateful to every person who has contributed to Circulation in this way, a few reviewers have risen to the top, and we recognize them here. Please find our list of the Circulation Top Reviewers for 2021. This list is based on objective criteria of the quality of reviews provided, total number of papers reviewed, proportion of invitations accepted, and timeliness of review submissions. Many thanks and congratulations to all.

ASPEK ETIK DAN SISTEMIK DALAM EKONOMI DAN BISNIS ISLAM

ALQALAM ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Budi Harsanto
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Business Ethics ◽  
Moral Hazard ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Financial Institution ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Academic Journals ◽  
Lehman Brothers ◽  
The World ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

The fall of Enron, Lehman Brothers and other major financial institution in the world make researchers conduct various studies about crisis. The research question in this study is, from Islamic economics and business standpoint, why the global financial crisis can happen repeatedly. The purpose is to contribute ideas regarding Islamic viewpoint linked with the global financial crisis. The methodology used is a theoretical-reflective to various article published in academic journals and other intellectual resources with relevant themes. There are lots of analyses on the causes of the crisis. For discussion purposes, the causes divide into two big parts namely ethics and systemic. Ethics contributed to the crisis by greed and moral hazard as a theme that almost always arises in the study of the global financial crisis. Systemic means that the crisis can only be overcome with a major restructuring of the system. Islamic perspective on these two aspect is diametrically different. At ethics side, there is exist direction to obtain blessing in economics and business activities. At systemic side, there is rule of halal and haram and a set of mechanism of economics system such as the concept of ownership that will early prevent the seeds of crisis. Keywords: Islamic economics and business, business ethics, financial crisis 

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