Relationship between journal impact factor and the thoroughness and helpfulness of peer reviews.

The Journal Impact Factor is often used as a proxy measure for journal quality, but the empirical evidence is scarce. In particular, it is unclear how peer review characteristics for a journal relate to its impact factor. We analysed 10,000 peer review reports submitted to 1,644 biomedical journals...

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Main Authors: Anna Severin, Michaela Strinzel, Matthias Egger, Tiago Barros, Alexander Sokolov, Julia Vilstrup Mouatt, Stefan Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-08-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002238