Department of Genetics, Laboratory of Immunobiology and Immunogenetics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Department of Genetics, Laboratory of Immunobiology and Immunogenetics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
J Clin Epidemiol. 2020 Sep;125:201-205. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.02.001. Epub 2020 Feb 14.
Reviewer refusal is a phenomenon associated with different causes, including reviewer fatigue, lack of time, dissatisfaction with the editorial system, among other reasons. This article discusses the main factors involved in the reviewer refusal and the "peer-review crisis" from a broad perspective. In addition, reasons that make a researcher accept or not a review invitation are also described.
This article is a narrative review.
This article provides some alternatives that can help in the reversal of peer-review crisis and decrease high reviewer refusal rates, and which may also engage experienced reviewers in the peer-review process.
Carefully selecting reviewers, publicly acknowledging them, and offering nonmonetary rewards appear to be good strategies for engaging reviewers. In addition, highly productive reviewers should be recognized by the journals.
审稿人拒审是一种与多种原因相关的现象,包括审稿疲劳、缺乏时间、对编辑系统不满等。本文从更广泛的角度讨论了审稿人拒审和“同行评审危机”的主要因素。此外,还描述了使研究人员接受或不接受审稿邀请的原因。
本文是一篇叙述性综述。
本文提供了一些可以帮助扭转同行评审危机和降低高审稿人拒审率的替代方案,这些方案还可以使经验丰富的审稿人参与同行评审过程。
仔细选择审稿人、公开认可他们并提供非货币奖励似乎是吸引审稿人的有效策略。此外,期刊应认可高产审稿人。