Reviewers are blinkered by bibliometrics

A Blinkered Approach

This paper will consider the ways in which children take part in two distinct branches of horse sport, equestrianism and horseracing, focusing on their historical separateness and their more recent rapprochement through the development of pony racing. Using material from a recent study of children and horseracing, it will demonstrate that most racecourses still see youngsters as passive consume...

Are reviewers obstructing stem cell research?

Correspondence: Bernard Binetruy iNSerM U626, Faculté de Médecine La Timone, 27, Bd Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France Tel + 33 4 91 324 406 Fax + 33 4 91 254 336 email [email protected] A current controversy in stem cell research was published on the BBC website recently. Some stem cell researchers have said that “they believe a small group of scientists is effectively veto...

Usage bibliometrics

Scholarly usage data provides unique opportunities to address the known shortcomings of citation analysis. However, the collection, processing and analysis of usage data remains an area of active research. This article provides a review of the state-of-the-art in usage-based informetric, i.e. the use of usage data to study the scholarly process.

Response to comments by reviewers

Peer Reviewers’ Comments on Research Articles Submitted by Iranian Researchers

The invisible hands of peer reviewers play a determining role in the eventual fate of submissions to international English-medium journals. This study builds on the assumption that non-native researchers and prospective academic authors may find the whole strive for publication, and more specifically, the tough review process, less threatening if they are aware of journal reviewers’ expectation...