dc.contributor.author | Grod, ON | |
dc.contributor.author | Budden, AE | |
dc.contributor.author | Tregenza, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Koricheva, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Leimu, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Aarssen, LW | |
dc.contributor.author | Lortie, CJ | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-22T09:47:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-09-12 | |
dc.description.abstract | The characteristics of referees and the potential subsequent effects on the peer-review process are an important consideration for science since the integrity of the system depends on the appropriate evaluation of merit. In 2006, we conducted an online survey of 1334 ecologists and evolutionary biologists pertaining to the review process. Respondents were from Europe, North America and other regions of the world, with the majority from English first language countries. Women comprised a third of all respondents, consistent with their representation in the scientific academic community. Among respondents we found no correlation between the time typically taken over a review and the reported average rejection rate. On average, Europeans took longer over reviewing a manuscript than North Americans, and females took longer than males, but reviewed fewer manuscripts. Males recommended rejection of manuscripts more frequently than females, regardless of region. Hence, editors and potential authors should consider alternative sets of criteria, to what exists now, when selecting a panel of referees to potentially balance different tendencies by gender or region. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was conducted as part of the role of publication-related biases in ecology Working Group supported by the National Center for Ecological
Analysis and Synthesis, a Center funded by NSF (Grant no. DEB-0072909). | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 3, e3202 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0003202 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/25998 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18787653 | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2008 Grod et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits
unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | en_GB |
dc.subject | Biological Evolution | en_GB |
dc.subject | Ecology | en_GB |
dc.subject | Editorial Policies | en_GB |
dc.subject | Female | en_GB |
dc.subject | Humans | en_GB |
dc.subject | Male | en_GB |
dc.subject | Peer Review, Research | en_GB |
dc.subject | Publication Bias | en_GB |
dc.subject | Publishing | en_GB |
dc.subject | Research | en_GB |
dc.subject | Sex Factors | en_GB |
dc.title | Systematic variation in reviewer practice according to country and gender in the field of ecology and evolution | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2017-02-22T09:47:19Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
exeter.place-of-publication | United States | en_GB |
dc.description | This is the final version of the article. Available from the publisher via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | PLoS One | en_GB |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC2527679 | |
dc.identifier.pmid | 18787653 | |