Identifying the characteristics of excellent peer reviewers by using Publons
ISSN: 1468-4527
Article publication date: 5 August 2022
Issue publication date: 9 May 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This study aimed to identify the characteristics of excellent peer reviewers by using Publons.com (an open and free online peer review website).
Design/methodology/approach
Reviewers of the clinical medicine field on Publons were selected as the sample (n = 1,864). A logistic regression model was employed to examine the data.
Findings
The results revealed that reviewers' verified reviews, verified editor records, and whether they were the Publons mentors had significant and positive associations with excellent peer reviewers, while their research performance (including the number of articles indexed by Web of Science (WOS), citations, H-index and high-cited researcher), genders, words per review, number of current/past editorial boards, whether they had experiences of post-publication review on Publons and whether they were Publons academy graduates had no significant associations with excellent peer reviewers.
Originality/value
This study could help journals find excellent peer reviewers from free and open online platforms.
Peer review
The peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-11-2021-0604.
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Acknowledgements
This study was supported by the College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program at the South China Normal University (Grant No. 202107012). The authors would like to thank the reviewers for their useful comments and suggestions.
Conflict of interests: The authors have no conflict of interest relevant to this article.
Citation
Huang, Z. and Zong, Q. (2023), "Identifying the characteristics of excellent peer reviewers by using Publons", Online Information Review, Vol. 47 No. 3, pp. 567-581. https://doi.org/10.1108/OIR-11-2021-0604
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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