选,分类和反循环,即不必要的同行评审
Carl T Bergstrom1, Kevin Gross2
1Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
PLoS biology
|February 24, 2026
概括
由于审查员短缺,同行评审系统面临危机,影响科学质量. 数学模型揭示了一种反循环,在这种循环中,提交的数量增加和对评论员的竞争会降低评论准确性,威胁到科学出版.
科学领域:
- 图书统计学 图书统计学
- 科学出版科学出版
- 同行评审是一项同行评审.
背景情况:
- 学术期刊依赖同行评审来验证科学研究.
- 识别合格的同行评审人员越来越困难,可能会危及同行评审系统.
研究的目的:
- 开发数学模型,分析科学质量评估中的作者,评论员和读者激励因素.
- 确定导致当前同行评审挑战的关键因素,并提出解决方案.
主要方法:
- 数学建模以模拟作者,评论员和期刊之间的互动.
- 分析学术出版生态系统中的激励结构.
主要成果:
- 同行评审通过期刊选择间接反映了作者对手稿质量的信心.
- 对审查员劳动力缺乏传统的市场机制 (例如工资) 加剧了审查员短缺.
- 存在一种有害的反循环:提交量增加导致审查员过度加压,审查准确性降低,提交量进一步增加.
结论:
- 由于出版压力和期刊竞争,当前的同行评审系统受到评审质量下降的循环威胁.
- 需要采取干预措施来解决审查员的招聘和保留问题,以维持科学出版的完整性.
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