Cultural distance, gender and praise in peer review.

IF 2.8 1区哲学 Q1 MEDICAL ETHICS

Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance Pub Date : 2024-10-03 DOI:10.1080/08989621.2024.2409310

Guangyao Zhang, Lili Wang, Xianwen Wang

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Abstract

Background: Understanding review comments holds significant importance within the realm of scientific discourse. This study aims to conduct an empirical analysis of factors associated with praise in peer review.Methods: The study involved manual labeling of "praise" in 952 review comments drawn from 301 articles published in the British Medical Journal, followed by regression analysis.Results: The study reveals that authors tend to receive longer praise when they share a cultural proximity with the reviewers. Additionally, it is observed that female reviewers are more inclined to provide praiseConclusions: In summary, these discoveries contribute valuable insights for the development of a constructive peer review process and the establishment of a more inclusive research culture.

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同行评审中的文化距离、性别和赞美。

背景：理解审稿意见在科学话语领域具有重要意义。本研究旨在对同行评议中的表扬相关因素进行实证分析：研究从《英国医学杂志》（British Medical Journal）发表的 301 篇文章中抽取了 952 条评论意见，对其中的 "赞美 "进行人工标注，然后进行回归分析：研究结果表明，当作者与审稿人的文化背景相近时，作者往往会收到更长的表扬。此外，研究还发现女性审稿人更倾向于提供表扬：总之，这些发现为开发建设性同行评审流程和建立更具包容性的研究文化提供了宝贵的见解。

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Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance MEDICAL ETHICS-

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4.90

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14.70%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Accountability in Research: Policies and Quality Assurance is devoted to the examination and critical analysis of systems for maximizing integrity in the conduct of research. It provides an interdisciplinary, international forum for the development of ethics, procedures, standards policies, and concepts to encourage the ethical conduct of research and to enhance the validity of research results. The journal welcomes views on advancing the integrity of research in the fields of general and multidisciplinary sciences, medicine, law, economics, statistics, management studies, public policy, politics, sociology, history, psychology, philosophy, ethics, and information science. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.