The effect of publishing peer review reports on referee behavior in five scholarly journals

The effect of publishing peer review reports on referee behavior in five scholarly journals

To increase transparency in science, some scholarly journals have begun publishing peer review reports. Here, the authors show how this policy shift affects reviewer behavior by analyzing data from five journals piloting open peer review.

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Main Authors: Giangiacomo Bravo, Francisco Grimaldo, Emilia López-Iñesta, Bahar Mehmani, Flaminio Squazzoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08250-2
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spelling doaj-0f1fce6b681945dd874ed90fd6b9e5222021-05-11T12:14:54ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232019-01-011011810.1038/s41467-018-08250-2The effect of publishing peer review reports on referee behavior in five scholarly journalsGiangiacomo Bravo0Francisco Grimaldo1Emilia López-Iñesta2Bahar Mehmani3Flaminio Squazzoni4Department of Social Studies and Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications, Linnaeus UniversityDepartment of Computer Science, University of ValenciaDepartment of Didactics of Mathematics, University of ValenciaSTM Journals, ElsevierDepartment of Social and Political Sciences, University of MilanTo increase transparency in science, some scholarly journals have begun publishing peer review reports. Here, the authors show how this policy shift affects reviewer behavior by analyzing data from five journals piloting open peer review.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08250-2
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