What did the reviewers ever do for us? An analysis of a paper's turnaround time, resubmission rates and the possible effect on citation (original) (raw)

2017

Abstract

Journal peer review lies at the heart of academic quality control. Using data from the journal peer review process of a single journal in the Social Sciences field (Business, Management and Accounting), we examine the effects of peer review on papers submitted to that journal. In particular we examine the effect of initial editorial decisions upon the resubmission of papers, and how the length of time papers spend in review (turnaround time) and the number of re-submissions of a paper affect subsequent citation of the published papers. Our enquiry casts light on the question of whether papers that are more highly cited are easier to identify at the review stage and therefore have a shorter turnaround time and fewer resubmissions. Our study is very much a novel approach in bibliometrics as the data is from a single journal and the sample size is small. However, the authors believe the paper makes constructive suggestions of how to exploit a hitherto obscure but potentially rich data source of bibliometric information to cast further light on the process of peer review in academic journal publication.

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