Data file

5 e Motivations for Peer Review
5E
Q56
Q56
HSS
Motivations for Peer Review
As an author: please rate how strongly you agree or disagree
that each of the following is a motivation for submitting your
research to a peer reviewed journal.
As an author: please rate how strongly you agree or disagree that each of the following is a motivation for
submitting your research to a peer reviewed journal:
1 – strongly disagree to 10 – strongly agree
Editors
only
Responses
from editors
Making a contribution to scholarly communication in
my field [n = 829]
Sharing my research with others in my field and
beyond [n = 831]
Humanities and Social Science Researchers
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
48%
45%
20%
22%
16%
15%
8%
7%
HSS
Enhancing my reputation or furthering my career
[n = 833]
39%
18%
18%
11%
Demonstrating that I have conducted an original
piece of research [n = 828]
33%
18%
17%
10%
6%
Motivations,
training and support
in peer review
Receiving feedback from my peers [n = 828]
Institutional requirement to fulfil a quota of peer
reviewed papers [n = 829]
24%
28%
15%
11%
18%
16%
15% 9%
9% 7% 6%
8%
10%
Dependence of future funding upon the number of
peer reviewed papers published [n = 825]
21%
14%
16%
9%
8%
8%
9%
Pressure to publish peer reviewed papers from
government or funding bodies [n = 829]
18%
8%
14%
10%
8%
10% 6% 8%
15%
10 - strongly agree 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 - strongly disagree
20 PEER REVIEW A GLOBAL VIEW
MOTIVATIONS FOR PEER REVIEW 21