Editors' perspectives on the peer-review process in biomedical journals: protocol for a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite dealing with scientific output and potentially having an impact on the quality of research published, the manuscript peer-review process itself has at times been criticised for being 'unscientific'. Research indicates that there are social and subjective dimensions of the peer-review process that contribute to this perception, including how key stakeholders-namely authors, editors and peer reviewers-communicate. In particular, it has been suggested that the expected roles and tasks of stakeholders need to be more clearly defined and communicated if the manuscript review process is to be improved. Disentangling current communication practices, and outlining the specific roles and tasks of the main actors, might be a first step towards establishing the design of

SUBMITTER: Glonti K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6196803 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature