Published today is 'Peer review: a global view' at http://bit.ly/29zjGG1, bringing together primary research which explores researchers’ views on their motivations behind publishing in peer reviewed journals and in undertaking peer review, and their attitudes and opinions towards training and support in peer review.
The research reveals:
- Over two thirds of researchers who have never peer reviewed would like to.
- Playing a part as a member of the academic community, reciprocating the benefit, and improving papers are the strongest motivations for accepting an invitation to peer review in Science, Technology and Medicine (STM) and the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS).
- Just 1 in 10 of today’s peer reviewers had been to a workshop or formal training on peer review, yet over half of respondents would like to (51% in HSS and 55% in STM).
- For those yet to review, any guidance is popular - over two thirds would like to a) receive editor’s guidelines b) attend a workshop or formal training or c) receive publisher guidelines.
Including findings from an online survey as well as focus groups held in China, South Africa and the UK, this supplement brings together views from those working in the sciences, social sciences, medicine and humanities, gathering responses from over 6,300 researchers globally.
Read the research supplement and watch a snapshot of the findings at http://bit.ly/29FUrVD.
Best wishes, Elaine
Elaine Devine
Senior Communications Manager (Author Relations), Taylor & Francis Group
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