Peer review trends in six fisheries science journals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the production of scientific manuscripts and journal options both increase, the peer review process remains at the center of quality control. Recent advances in understanding reviewer biases and behaviors along with electronic manuscript handling records have allowed unprecedented investigations into the peer review process.

Methods

We examined a sample of six journals within the field of fisheries science (and all published by the American Fisheries Society) specifically looking for changes in reviewer invitation rates, review time, patterns of reviewer agreements, and rejection rates relative to different forms of blinding.

Results

Data from 6,606 manuscripts from 2011-2021 showed significant increases in reviewer invitations. Specifically, four journa

SUBMITTER: Midway SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11197202 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature