Data file

6 e Locating reviewers
6E
Training
Editors
only
Q60 How often do you find people to peer review manuscripts
Q60
for your journal via the following methods?
How often do you find people to peer review manuscripts for your journal via the following methods?
STM
1 – never use this to 10 – use this every time
Scientific, Technical and Medical Researchers
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
I search Web of Science for
researchers publishing in related fields
[n = 397]
I ask authors to suggest suitable
reviewers when they submit their
manuscripts
[n = 394]
14%
13%
6%
12%
13%
17%
14%
13%
8%
8%
12%
10%
6%
6%
9%
15%
14%
Peer review: a global view
Motivations, training and support in peer review
For full survey demographics please see key survey data.
I ask Editorial Board members to
suggest experts in their fields [n =
395]
9%
9%
12%
15%
7%
10%
9%
5%
19%
Further Reading
Peer review in 2015 (white paper and key survey data)
I use Editorial Board members as
reviewers [n = 396]
I contact authors who have submitted
to the journal, but not reviewed [n =
392]
7% 7%
6%
11%
13%
12%
14%
9%
9%
10%
13%
11%
7% 7%
9%
7%
19%
20%
References and acknowledgements
#tfpeerreview
STM
I ask colleagues to recommend early
career academics they work with
[n = 393]
9%
10%
13%
10%
9%
7%
7%
8%
23%
I use an online reviewer locator tool
[n = 395]
9%
6%
7%
3%
7%
6%
7%
46%
I publish a call for reviewers in the
journal/on a society website or
listserv
[n = 395]
10%
63%
10 - use this every time 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 - never use this
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PEER REVIEW A GLOBAL VIEW