For a change in the peer-reveiwing as an urgent need?
With an increasing number of Journal and other publication, the review by peer started to be difficult and very often nonqualified reviewers are solicited. Very often now the Journal send us a list that ressemble the directory a. This is a problem since many of the persons listed here do not have even a record over 10 and there are supposed to review works they don't know, and they are not qualified. I would like to start a huge discussion that can be sent to the main Journal to change the rules. For example, a research paper submitted by a researcher that is quite well evaluated could not be challenged by someone that is not at the same level or higher.
Some review that needed urgent review < 5 open days should be paid correctly, but only if the work of the reviewer is well done. This is easy to evaluate since the data are actually available and a bad reviewer could be excluded.
Sincerely yours
Some review that needed urgent review < 5 open days should be paid correctly, but only if the work of the reviewer is well done. This is easy to evaluate since the data are actually available and a bad reviewer could be excluded.
Sincerely yours
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pvallecorsa
The world of science is currently experiencing a clear credibility crisis. This is evident in anti-science movements, such as the anti-vaccine and flat-earth movements, as well as in unqualified commentators on social media. Additionally, a large number of fraudulent studies or studies with significant errors have passed peer review and become part of the scientific body of knowledge. Fraud, plagiarism, and using artificial intelligence to write articles have become commonplace in the scientific community. Science should always be driven by the desire to understand nature and its relationship to humankind as best as possible. However, this does not mean that we are immune to error. On the contrary, science advances by refuting and improving theories and principles. However, the current trend toward scientism, the high costs of publication, and the multitude of journals highlight the difficulty of reviewing all the studies being produced. Fraud and plagiarism have always existed throughout history. However, they must always represent a small percentage of the total, and regular curation makes it possible to detect them. Artificial intelligence can be a great ally in detecting these events as well as assisting in research and dissemination. It is incorrect to assign it a negative label. A simple and practical example is advanced translators or bibliography organizers. These times demand that we rethink science and reinforce its objectives by using technology to enhance its value.
Vijay K Dalal
Reviewing process, in the recent future, is going to be done by AI; except, may be some top journals would additionally seek human review. With the increase in the number of researchers and the number of journals, the relevance of review publications has gone. Now a days, you can find several reviews on same topic in several jurnals, providing similar information. Currently, AI can write an equally good review as a human being. The purpose of the review was to extract and synthesize information from various sources and give that to reader in a consice, understandable manner, making a topic more appealing and present views (through arguments-counter arguments) of the reviewer around certain topic. However, with the advancements in the AI, all such quality information and data can be retrieved instantly. So in the near future, no-one is going to read review papers. Publishers know it, so they are just publishing as many number of publications as possible before they stop publishing review articles. More number will also help them fullfil their obligations and terms of contracts that they have made with many libraries by just granting access to the e-copies of the journals. The hard copy journals have already stopped selling. Due to the drastic increase in the nubmer of journals, publishers are not able to find the reviewers, so they are accepting any reviewers and accepting low quality reviews, as it will hardly matter after a few years. Since, the good reviewers also have started getting alternative sources of incomes through investing their free time (mostly online), they do not find enough time to review and have lost interest in reviewing due to frequent review-requests they receive every other day. Moreover, they think that publishers are earning handsome bucks out of their free work, and editing and research/writing support companies are earning from similar work that reiewers do for free. Thus, in my opinion, manual reviewing is a dying activity and is going to last maximum one-two years more.
Basheer
I saw few research had been published in Q1 and Q2 journals that weaker than my own research but their work was accepted and my work was rejected. for example :
1- In one of IEEE Q1 journal there is a published weak research that had been accepted just because the researcher was IEEE senior.
2- In one of Elsevier Q2 journal there is a research just paraphrased a work that its already well known in any researcher in that filed but yet it got accepted and published which rise so many questions about how did it pass!
3- In one of Springer Q2 journal there is one research was kind good idea but the writing was totally different and difficult which rise some questions about how the reviewer pass it without asking some core knowledge and proven for results?
and so on. So in case of what you want to do its quite difficult cause there are so many reasons and factors for what might had happened.
at the same time the journal cant do much to fix that too.
the best and easy choice is to submit to another journal
my answer kind little far from what you expected but that's what I saw and found
1- In one of IEEE Q1 journal there is a published weak research that had been accepted just because the researcher was IEEE senior.
2- In one of Elsevier Q2 journal there is a research just paraphrased a work that its already well known in any researcher in that filed but yet it got accepted and published which rise so many questions about how did it pass!
3- In one of Springer Q2 journal there is one research was kind good idea but the writing was totally different and difficult which rise some questions about how the reviewer pass it without asking some core knowledge and proven for results?
and so on. So in case of what you want to do its quite difficult cause there are so many reasons and factors for what might had happened.
at the same time the journal cant do much to fix that too.
the best and easy choice is to submit to another journal
my answer kind little far from what you expected but that's what I saw and found
F.S.T
. Many researchers, even at the beginning of their careers, have the expertise, commitment, and ability to provide careful and constructive reviews.
It is also important that the reviewer be at an appropriate academic level relative to the author of the manuscript. A paper submitted by a well-established researcher should not be questioned by someone who is not at the same level.
Moreover, an incentive system could be considered for urgent reviews, where reviewers are fairly compensated when a manuscript requires a fast review, on the condition that the review is complete, objective, and well written.
Ultimately, it seems fairer to evaluate the quality of researchers’ work—i.e., the accuracy and depth of comments, relevance to the subject, and respect for deadlines—rather than just the number of published papers. Good reviewing is a skill and a responsibility, not merely a number on a CV