Bias, peer review, and publishing

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Anna Severin, Joao Martins, Rachel Heyard, François Delavy, Anne Jorstad, Matthias Egger. Gender and other potential biases in peer review: cross-sectional analysis of 38 250 external peer review reports. BMJ Open. 2020;10(8):e035058. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035058

Dietmar Wolfram, Peiling Wang, Adam Hembree, Hyoungjoo Park. Open peer review: promoting transparency in open science. Scientometrics. 2020;125(2):1033-1051. doi:10.1007/s11192-020-03488-4

A Hatch, R Schmidt. Rethinking Research Assessment: Unintended Cognitive and System Biases.; 2020. https://sfdora.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DORA_UnintendendedCognitiveSystemBiases.pdf.

Stephen A. Gallo, Karen B. Schmaling, Lisa A. Thompson, Scott R. Glisson. Grant reviewer perceptions of the quality, effectiveness, and influence of panel discussion. Research Integrity and Peer Review. 2020;5(1):7. doi:10.1186/s41073-020-00093-0

Flaminio Squazzoni, Petra Ahrweiler, Tiago Barros, et al. Unlock ways to share data on peer review. Nature. 2020;578:512-514. doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00500-y

Mike Thelwall, Liz Allen, Eleanor-Rose Papas, Zena Nyakoojo, Verena Weigert. Does the use of open, non-anonymous peer review in scholarly publishing introduce bias? Evidence from the F1000Research post-publication open peer review publishing model. Journal of Information Science. 2020;47(6):809-820. doi:10.1177/0165551520938678

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Gemma Conroy. Q&A Linda Beaumont: Journals should take action against toxic peer reviews. Nature Index. 2019. https://www.nature.com/nature-index/news-blog/linda-beaumont-research-journals-should-take-action-against-toxic-peer-reviews.