TY  - JOUR
AU  - Drvenica, Ivana
AU  - Bravo, Giangiacomo
AU  - Vejmelka, Lucija
AU  - Dekanski, Aleksandar
AU  - Nedić, Olgica
PY  - 2018
UR  - https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3001
AB  - The aim of this study was to investigate the opinion of authors on the overall quality and
effectiveness of reviewers’ contributions to reviewed papers. We employed an on-line survey of thirteen journals which publish articles in the field of life, social or technological sciences. Responses received from 193 authors were analysed using a mixed-effects model in order to determine factors deemed the most important in the authors’ evaluation of the reviewers. Qualitative content analysis of the responses to open questions was performed as well. The mixed-effects model revealed that the authors’ assessment of the competence of referees strongly depended on the final editorial decision and that the speed of the review process was influential as well. In Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) analysis on seven questions detailing authors’ opinions, perception of reviewspeed remained a significant predictor of the assessment. In addition, both the perceived competence and helpfulness of the reviewers significantly and positively affected the authors’ evaluation. New models were used to re-check the value of these two factors and it was confirmed that the assessment of the competence of reviewers strongly depended on the final editorial decision.
PB  - MDPI
T2  - Publications
T1  - Peer Review of Reviewers: The Author’s Perspective
VL  - 7
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
DO  - 10.3390/publications7010001
ER  - 

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author = "Drvenica, Ivana and Bravo, Giangiacomo and Vejmelka, Lucija and Dekanski, Aleksandar and Nedić, Olgica",
year = "2018",
abstract = "The aim of this study was to investigate the opinion of authors on the overall quality and
effectiveness of reviewers’ contributions to reviewed papers. We employed an on-line survey of thirteen journals which publish articles in the field of life, social or technological sciences. Responses received from 193 authors were analysed using a mixed-effects model in order to determine factors deemed the most important in the authors’ evaluation of the reviewers. Qualitative content analysis of the responses to open questions was performed as well. The mixed-effects model revealed that the authors’ assessment of the competence of referees strongly depended on the final editorial decision and that the speed of the review process was influential as well. In Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) analysis on seven questions detailing authors’ opinions, perception of reviewspeed remained a significant predictor of the assessment. In addition, both the perceived competence and helpfulness of the reviewers significantly and positively affected the authors’ evaluation. New models were used to re-check the value of these two factors and it was confirmed that the assessment of the competence of reviewers strongly depended on the final editorial decision.",
publisher = "MDPI",
journal = "Publications",
title = "Peer Review of Reviewers: The Author’s Perspective",
volume = "7",
number = "1",
pages = "1",
doi = "10.3390/publications7010001"
}

Drvenica, I., Bravo, G., Vejmelka, L., Dekanski, A.,& Nedić, O.. (2018). Peer Review of Reviewers: The Author’s Perspective. in Publications
MDPI., 7(1), 1.
https://doi.org/10.3390/publications7010001

Drvenica I, Bravo G, Vejmelka L, Dekanski A, Nedić O. Peer Review of Reviewers: The Author’s Perspective. in Publications. 2018;7(1):1.
doi:10.3390/publications7010001 .

Drvenica, Ivana, Bravo, Giangiacomo, Vejmelka, Lucija, Dekanski, Aleksandar, Nedić, Olgica, "Peer Review of Reviewers: The Author’s Perspective" in Publications, 7, no. 1 (2018):1,
https://doi.org/10.3390/publications7010001 . .