The Acknowledgement and Attitudes of Open Peer Review amongst Library Information Researchers in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Chang, Huan-Hsuan, 張桓瑄
• Other Authors: Chiu, Jeong-Yeou
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/fjte35

碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 圖書資訊與檔案學研究所 === 107 === The Open Peer Review system advocates the process to be more transparent in order to share more details of journal information to contributors and readers, and also to improve the "black box" problem. This research first reviews literature concerning the development of the Peer Review system, features and applications. The methods to carry out this research were based on in-depth interviewing and questionnaire to investigate the current knowledge and attitudes of the Peer Review system and the status of the library information journals, and then to analyze the feasibility of introducing the open peer review system in the future, and to serve as reference for academic journals to further develop the strategies and marketing orientation. The conclusions are as follows: (a) Library Information academic journals in Taiwan have encountered many restrictions. Due to human resources and financial constraints, they could not fully adopt the online review system and academic communication tools (such as DOI and ORCID). (b) Currently, the Peer Review system of Library and information journals in Taiwan consider that although there is space remaining to be improved, it is generally satisfactory. (c) The open peer review system is not clearly defined, and mainly based on the Post-Publication Peer Review system (PPPR) model. In order to improve the disadvantage of non-transparent of the traditional single/double-blind Peer Review model, it advocates comments and related information on the Open Peer Review system, and pay more attention to the contributions of reviewers. (d)The Library and Information researchers and journal editors in Taiwan still havenot acknowledged the Open Review system. Most of them are conservative about the fully public review comments and reviewers' backgrounds, but they are affirmative to the characteristics of reviewers’ contributions. This research sums up four suggestions for academic journals: (a)Reviewing the overall status of academic journals and accelerating the introduction of online submission review systems will benefit the efficiency of journal operations. (b)Academic journals should combine academic communication tools with the contributions of reviewers. (c) It’s critical for Research institutions to pay more attention to academic journals and to sustain funding. (d) The introduction of an Open Peer Review system requires constant communication and consensus building among academic communities.