...Zhihong Huang; Qianjin Zong Purpose This study aimed to identify the characteristics of excellent peer reviewers by using Publons.com (an open and free online peer review website). Design/methodology/approach Reviewers of the clinical medicine field on Publons were selected as the sample...

...Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva Purpose Thousands of preprints related to Covid-19 have effused into the academic literature. Even though these are not peer-reviewed documents and have not been vetted by medical or other experts, several have been cited, while others have been widely promoted...

...Mike Thelwall; Eleanor-Rose Papas; Zena Nyakoojo; Liz Allen; Verena Weigert Purpose Peer reviewer evaluations of academic papers are known to be variable in content and overall judgements but are important academic publishing safeguards. This article introduces a sentiment analysis program...

... Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Open access Scholarly publishing Peer review Megajournal The socio-technical infrastructure of scholarly journal publishing has been fundamentally changed by the internet, like so many other business fields...

..., and because scientific progress is arguably more incremental. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Open Access Publishing Journal publishing Editorial process Peer review Post-publication peer review Pre-publication peer review However, just as democracy (at least in the minimal...

... publishing system in transition is a valuable context in which to understand individual academics’ selection and concerns regarding the open evolution of academic publishing. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Attitudes Altmetrics Scholarship Open Access Peer review Academic publishing...

...Professor G.E. Gorman and Professor Jennifer Rowley; Andy Tattersall Purpose – The purpose of this paper is twofold, first, to discuss the current and future issues around post-publication open peer review. Second, to highlight some of the main protagonists and platforms that encourages open peer...

...Lu Xiao; Nicole Askin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential of Wikipedia as a venue for academic publishing. Design/methodology/approach By looking at other sources and studying Wikipedia structures, the paper compares the processes of publishing a peer‐reviewed article...

.... Fortunately peer reviewers, editors, and copy editors spot most of these, and ask for clarifications and corrections. I am playing the devil's advocate from this perspective, with the purpose of suggesting to the authors that they extend this worthy project to refine and clarify some of the procedures...

...G.E. Gorman Purpose The purpose of this short paper is to focus on peer review in academic publishing. Design/methodology/approach The paper analyses the present situation with regard to an increasing lack of control. Findings The quality control aspect of peer review remains its greatest...

... the current state of the academic peer‐review process, discusses Wikipedia and reflects on dynamic content creation and management applications currently in use in academia. Findings The traditional peer review process must be updated to match the rapid creation and diffusion of knowledge...