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Peer-reviewed publication is a vital step in the research process and permits research findings to be communicated effectively to readers. The peer review process is designed to select work of relevance to particular audiences, to improve the quality of reporting, and thus increase its transparency (eg, allowing methods to be replicated) [1]. Although it is by no means perfect, there is some ev...

We tested a web-based peer-review application MyPeerReview in a Web programming course to get experience about the usability of application and process as well as the value of peer-review for students and teachers. Recent studies describe methods of analyzing peer-review data to produce better accuracy and reliability. We carried out an inquiry concerning students’ experiences and produced stat...

Background Publishing in scientific journals is one of the most important ways in which scientists disseminate research to their peers and to the wider public. Pre-publication peer review underpins this process, but peer review is subject to various criticisms and is under pressure from growth in the number of scientific publications. Methods Here we examine an element of the editorial process ...

Although the effectiveness of software inspection (formal peer review) has a long and mostly supportive history, the thought of reviewing a large, unfamiliar software artifact over a period of weeks is something dreaded by both the author and the reviewers. The dislike of this cumbersome process is natural, but neither the formality nor the aversion are fundamental characteristics of peer revie...

Pre-publication peer-review forms the basis for how scholarly journals assess whether an article is suitable for publication. It is of paramount importance that the process is seen to be fair, robust and free of bias. One of the key methods for achieving these goals is blinding. Up until now, Games has used single blind peer-review, where the reviewer identities are not known to authors. This a...