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SciPoll 817: Journal Editor Poll: Peer Review Quality and Timeliness

How difficult is it to find qualified reviewers for your journal?

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The survey reveals a clear consensus that finding qualified reviewers is challenging for journals. The majority of experts (47%) report "Quite difficult" while 33% indicate "Moderate difficulty". A significant minority (13%) find it "Extremely difficult", with only 8% reporting it as "Somewhat easy".

Among those providing explanations, one expert notes that "to get one review, you need to send 5 requests even for registered reviewers," highlighting the low response rate. Another emphasizes that quality reviewing is "time consuming without reasonable compensation," explaining why researchers may be reluctant to participate. In contrast, those finding it easier mentioned having "inbuilt reviewer pools" that facilitate the process.

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  • Somewhat easy
    user-958242
    Journals have inbuilt reviewer pool ,gets easy to find them.
  • Quite difficult
    user-858214
    Usually to get one review, you need to send 5 requests even for registered reviewers
  • Extremely difficult
    user-441445
    The researchers are not interested to do any reviewing as good reviewing takes half a day or a full day of careful work. I mean that good reviewers checked the newest publications and read them to understand the quality of a reviewed work. It is time consuming process without reasonable compensation for this work.
  • Somewhat easy
    user-709065
    NOT APPICABLE
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user-562103
09/04/2025 21:52
I completely agree with some of the comments. A number of journals could be dependent on a small pool of reviewers who are more or less generalists those affecting quality of publications.
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