Reliability of Peer Review in Psychology Publications: About 10%
Articles published in the same journals, resubmitted for review. Almost 1 in 10 articles rejected by 9 out of 10 reviewers. Only 8% o the editors recognized the re-submission…
Cambridge Journals Online – Behavioral and Brain Sciences – Abstract – Peer-review practices of psychological journals: The fate of published articles, submitted againhttp://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=6577844Of the sample of 38 editors and reviewers, only three (8%) detected the resubmissions. This result allowed nine of the 12 articles to continue through the review process to receive an actual evaluation: eight of the nine were rejected. Sixteen of the 18 referees (89%) recommended against publication and the editors concurred. The grounds for rejection were in many cases described as “serious methodological flaws.”
