谁是同行评审者,他们评价多少?
1Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655.
JAMA
|March 9, 1990
概括
美国公共卫生杂志的审稿人贡献了大量的无偿劳动,平均每次审稿花费2.4小时. 这项研究强调了学术同行评审所涉及的大量工作量和志愿者努力.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 图书统计学 图书统计学
- 学术传播学术交流
背景情况:
- 同行评审是学术出版的基础,确保研究质量.
- 工作量和审查员贡献的性质没有完全量化.
- 了解审稿人的努力对于期刊的可持续性和研究人员的认可至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估"美国公共卫生杂志"的同行评审员的工作量和特点.
- 为了量化无偿劳动贡献给学术期刊的数量.
主要方法:
- 1988年底,美国公共卫生杂志对276名评论员进行了一项调查.
- 获得了96%的响应率,提供了关于审查员活动的可靠数据.
- 受访者报告了所审查的期刊,花费的时间,以及他们的出版/引用指标.
主要成果:
- 据估计,在1987年,评论员为"美国公共卫生杂志"贡献了3360个小时,整体为6439个小时.
- 审查的中位数时间为2.7小时,每次审查的加权平均值为2.4小时.
- 评论员经常为高影响力期刊做出贡献,81%的其他期刊被科学引用指数或社会科学引用指数所索引.
结论:
- 评论员提供大量的无偿劳动力,这对于学术期刊的运作至关重要.
- 这些发现强调了支持学术出版的重大志愿者努力.
- 进一步的研究可以探索对同行评审者的激励和支持机制.
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