Learned Publishing
 2021
DOI: 10.1002/leap.1414
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Objectivity of the peer‐review process: Enduring myth, reality, and possible remedies

Philippe C. Baveye
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Abstract: Key points The ‘replication crisis’ in science raises serious questions about the objectivity and reliability of the peer‐review process. Much of the literature, contributed on the topic in the past by former editors, has focused on the role of reviewers, and their possible biases. However, experience in practice shows that editors also contribute significantly, at different levels, to the lack of objectivity of peer‐review. Various techniques, including network analysis and machine learning, can be implement… Show more

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“…Allen et al, 2019). While reviews are often criticised for being too subjective a means of checking academic standards (Baveye, 2021), it is the hard work authors put in to reworking their manuscripts, I believe, that leads to high-quality output. Africa Spectrum's improved quality thus might be (coincidentally?)…”
Section: Qualitymentioning
confidence: 99%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
“…Allen et al, 2019). While reviews are often criticised for being too subjective a means of checking academic standards (Baveye, 2021), it is the hard work authors put in to reworking their manuscripts, I believe, that leads to high-quality output. Africa Spectrum's improved quality thus might be (coincidentally?)…”
Section: Qualitymentioning
confidence: 99%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
“…While there is much debate over its objectivity, reliability and effectiveness, 1,2 peer review is a prevalent and integral part of scholarly publishing. Peer reviewers play essential roles in this process as independent assessors who evaluate and comment on manuscripts prior to publication in order to maintain academic standards of published articles.…”
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confidence: 99%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
“…However, when referring to the comments of reviewers to make decisions on whether the manuscript can be published, editors lack the necessary professional judgment and sense of responsibility. 4 If editors receive a negative evaluation from a reviewer, they are more likely to make a decision that the manuscript can’t be published, 5 but rarely seriously evaluates whether the negative comments of the reviewer are reasonable.…”
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confidence: 99%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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