Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India.
Department of Biology and Biochemistry, South Kazakhstan Medical Academy, Shymkent, Kazakhstan.
J Korean Med Sci. 2021 Jun 28;36(25):e169. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2021.36.e169.
The five Central Asian republics comprise of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Their research and publication activities are gradually improving but there is limited data on how good their peer reviewing practices are.
We have use the Publons database to extract information on the reviewers registered including the number of verified review, Publons award winners, and top universities in the domain of peer reviewing. This has been analysed overall and country wise.
Of 15,764 researchers registered on Publons, only 370 (11.7%) have verified records of peer-reviewing. There are 8 Publons award winners. There is great heterogeneity in the number of active reviewers across the five countries. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan account for more than 90% of verified reviewers. Only Kazakhstan has more than 100 active reviewers and 6 Publons award recipients. Amongst the top 20 reviewers from Central Asia, half of them are from the Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. Three countries have less than 10 universities registered on Publons.
Central Asia has a good number of peer reviewers on Publons though only a minority of researchers are involved in peer reviewing. However, the heterogeneity between the nations can be best dealt with by promoting awareness and international networking including e-learning and mentoring programs.
中亚五国包括哈萨克斯坦、吉尔吉斯斯坦、塔吉克斯坦、土库曼斯坦和乌兹别克斯坦。它们的研究和出版活动在逐步改善，但关于同行评审实践水平的数据有限。
我们使用 Publons 数据库提取注册评审员的信息，包括已核实的评审数量、Publons 获奖者以及同行评审领域的顶尖大学。对整体和各国进行了分析。
在 Publons 上注册的 15764 名研究人员中，只有 370 人（11.7%）有经过验证的同行评审记录。有 8 位 Publons 获奖者。五个国家的活跃评审员数量存在很大差异。哈萨克斯坦和乌兹别克斯坦占已核实评审员的 90%以上。只有哈萨克斯坦有超过 100 名活跃的评审员和 6 位 Publons 获奖者。在中亚排名前 20 的评审员中，有一半来自哈萨克斯坦努尔苏丹的纳扎尔巴耶夫大学。有三个国家在 Publons 上注册的大学少于 10 所。
尽管只有少数研究人员参与同行评审，但中亚地区 Publons 上的同行评审员数量较多。然而，各国之间的差异可以通过提高认识和国际网络联系来解决，包括电子学习和指导计划。
