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J A García1, Rosa Rodriguez-Sánchez2, J Fdez-Valdivia2
1Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación e I. A., CITIC-UGR, Universidad de Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain. jags@decsai.ugr.es.
Science and Engineering Ethics
|October 29, 2017
Summary
Journal editors often prefer assigning manuscripts to biased referees. Biased referees may seek information on manuscript quality if reviews are costly and the peer review process is informative, but not otherwise.
Area of Science:
- Economics
- Scientific Publishing
- Information Economics
Background:
- Journal editors face decisions on manuscript review delegation.
- Biased referees may have unique incentives within the peer review process.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the conditions under which biased referees engage with manuscript quality information.
- To explore the role of cost and informativeness in the peer review process.
Main Methods:
- Game-theoretic modeling of the peer review process.
- Analysis of referee incentives based on report costs and process informativeness.
Main Results:
- Editors may delegate manuscript reviews to biased referees.
- Biased referees are incentivized to become informed only if reviews are costly and the process is informative.
- Lack of cost or informativeness removes incentives for biased referees to become informed.
Conclusions:
- The cost of review and the potential informativeness of the peer review process are critical factors influencing biased referee behavior.
- A web resource is provided to aid editors in optimizing the peer review process for information transmission.
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