The necessity and significance of feedbacks to the reviewer from other reviewers’ opinions and final judgments
Author(s): LIU Fei, LI Kui, GAO Xuelian, FU Zhongqiu, Editorial Department of Chinese Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University First Hospital
Pages: 148-151
Year: 2016 Issue: 2
Journal: Chinese Journal of Scientific and Technical Periodicals
Keyword: Comment; Feedback; Quality of review;
Abstract: [Purposes] This paper aims to investigate the needs and significance of the feedback to reviewer from other reviewers’ opinion and the final judgments of the articles he reviewed. [Methods]The"Feedback demand of reviewers on comments from each other"questionnaire was sent to all reviewers of Chinese Journal of Perinatal Medicine by emails in June 2015. The feedback of comments mentioned in the questionnaire included other reviewers’ comments and the final judgment of the editorial board( or the chief editor). [Findings] Fifty four valid questionnaires were collected. Fifty( 93%) reviewers made it clear that they would like to receive feedbacks from other reviewers,among which,37 reviewers thought it was necessary to feedback on other reviewers’ comments and 32 reviewers wanted feedbacks automatically by the remote manuscript peer reviewsystem of the journal. Forty-five reviewers( 83%,45 /54) believed that the feedback could be helpful to improve their reviewing level. [Conclusions] The vast majority of reviewers would like to receive feedback on the review,which might help to strengthen the communication between the editorial department and reviewers,and enhance the feeling of ownership and responsibility of the reviewers to establish their intrinsic motivations,and ultimately improve the quality and enthusiasm of peer review.
Pages: 148-151
Year: 2016 Issue: 2
Journal: Chinese Journal of Scientific and Technical Periodicals
Keyword: Comment; Feedback; Quality of review;
Abstract: [Purposes] This paper aims to investigate the needs and significance of the feedback to reviewer from other reviewers’ opinion and the final judgments of the articles he reviewed. [Methods]The"Feedback demand of reviewers on comments from each other"questionnaire was sent to all reviewers of Chinese Journal of Perinatal Medicine by emails in June 2015. The feedback of comments mentioned in the questionnaire included other reviewers’ comments and the final judgment of the editorial board( or the chief editor). [Findings] Fifty four valid questionnaires were collected. Fifty( 93%) reviewers made it clear that they would like to receive feedbacks from other reviewers,among which,37 reviewers thought it was necessary to feedback on other reviewers’ comments and 32 reviewers wanted feedbacks automatically by the remote manuscript peer reviewsystem of the journal. Forty-five reviewers( 83%,45 /54) believed that the feedback could be helpful to improve their reviewing level. [Conclusions] The vast majority of reviewers would like to receive feedback on the review,which might help to strengthen the communication between the editorial department and reviewers,and enhance the feeling of ownership and responsibility of the reviewers to establish their intrinsic motivations,and ultimately improve the quality and enthusiasm of peer review.
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