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¿Quiénes son los revisores por pares y cuánto revisan?
1Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655.
JAMA
|March 9, 1990
Resumen
Los revisores para el American Journal of Public Health contribuyen con un trabajo no remunerado significativo, dedicando un promedio de 2.4 horas por revisión. Este estudio pone de relieve la carga de trabajo sustancial y el esfuerzo voluntario involucrado en la revisión académica por pares.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Salud Pública La salud pública.
- La bibliometría y la bibliometría.
- La comunicación académica es la comunicación académica.
Sus antecedentes:
- La revisión por pares es fundamental para la publicación académica, asegurando la calidad de la investigación.
- La carga de trabajo y la naturaleza de las contribuciones de los revisores no se cuantifican completamente.
- Comprender el esfuerzo de los revisores es crucial para la sostenibilidad de las revistas y el reconocimiento de los investigadores.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para evaluar la carga de trabajo y las características de los revisores por pares para el American Journal of Public Health.
- Para cuantificar el trabajo no remunerado contribuido a las revistas académicas.
Principales métodos:
- Una encuesta se llevó a cabo a finales de 1988 entre 276 revisores para el American Journal of Public Health.
- Se logró una tasa de respuesta del 96%, proporcionando datos sólidos sobre las actividades de los revisores.
- Los encuestados informaron sobre las revistas revisadas, el tiempo empleado y sus métricas de publicación / citación.
Principales resultados:
- Los revisores contribuyeron con un estimado de 3360 horas al American Journal of Public Health y 6439 horas en general en el año 1987.
- El tiempo medio de revisión fue de 2,7 horas, con un promedio ponderado de 2,4 horas por revisión.
- Los revisores contribuyeron con frecuencia a revistas de alto impacto, con el 81% de otras revistas indexadas por el Índice de Citación Científica o el Índice de Citación de Ciencias Sociales.
Conclusiones:
- Los revisores proporcionan un trabajo no remunerado sustancial, esencial para el funcionamiento de las revistas académicas.
- Los hallazgos subrayan el importante esfuerzo de voluntarios que sustenta la publicación académica.
- Investigaciones adicionales podrían explorar incentivos y mecanismos de apoyo para los revisores entre pares.
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