Matías-Guiu J, Moral E, García-Ramos R, Martínez-Vila E
Servicio de Neurología, Instituto de Neurociencias, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, España.
Neurologia. 2010 Nov-Dec;25(9):530-5. doi: 10.1016/j.nrl.2010.03.012. Epub 2010 Oct 18.
The expert is essential in the external evaluation process and for this reason it is necessary to know the profile and characteristics of the best evaluators.
We have retrospectively analysed the external review process of the journal from the 1st of January 2005 until the 30th of June 2009, with the aim of knowing the profile of the experts in relation to the response to the requests. The response rate, mean delay time and responder rate were evaluated, using, sex, age and forming part of the editorial committee as variables.
The response rate fell as the number of evaluations increased. Women had a higher response rate, lower delay time and better performance than males. The response rate showed a tendency to decrease with age and the large majority of responders were between 29 and 39 years. Being a member of the journal committees was not associated with a better response rate, although there was less delay. The response rate and the delay time are similar, although it may increase with the number of requests to a reviewer.
Lower age and being female are associated with a better response. No fatigue effect was observed in good responders, but if there is a fall in the response rates the number of evaluators should be increased.
专家在外部评估过程中至关重要，因此有必要了解最佳评估者的概况和特征。
我们回顾性分析了该期刊从2005年1月1日至2009年6月30日的外部评审过程，目的是了解专家在回应评审请求方面的概况。以性别、年龄和是否为编辑委员会成员作为变量，评估了回复率、平均延迟时间和回应者比例。
回复率随着评估数量的增加而下降。女性的回复率更高，延迟时间更短，表现优于男性。回复率呈现出随年龄增长而下降的趋势，绝大多数回应者年龄在29岁至39岁之间。尽管延迟时间较短，但成为期刊委员会成员与更高的回复率并无关联。回复率和延迟时间相似，不过随着向评审者提出的请求数量增加，回复率可能会提高。
年龄较小和女性与更好的回复相关。在回复良好的人中未观察到疲劳效应，但如果回复率下降，则应增加评估者的数量。
