Title | UAB Peer Review |
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Contributor/Contact | Dale J. Benos, PhD (benos@physiology@uab.edu) |
Contributor Details |
Dale J. Benos, PhD Chairman of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics The University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham |
CTSA | Alabama |
Case Study Provided |
The journal editor sent a paper to an outside referee to review. The editor’s cover letter specifically stated that if the reviewer is unable to provide a review in the time frame specified, the reviewer may ask a colleague to assist. The senior author of that manuscript, by chance, was visiting the institution of the reviewer after the paper was submitted to the journal. During her visit, she was being escorted through the laboratory of the reviewer and noticed, in a reception area, multiple copies of her manuscript on a coffee table. She asked her escort (a graduate student of this laboratory) about the papers on the table. The graduate student, who was unaware that she was the author of the manuscript on the desk, stated that as part of the laboratory’s Journal Club they do group reviews of manuscripts that the senior investigator has been asked to review. On returning to her own laboratory, she telephoned the editor with the complaint that her manuscript was circulated among her research competitors at another university. The editor, in turn, telephoned the reviewer who stated that he routinely asks his laboratory to review manuscripts as a group, primarily because of the teaching value of such an experience. The "review group" consists of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty members. In general, the reviewer assembles all the comments into one review, signs the forms, and takes responsibility for the review. The reviewer felt that the procedure produces well-done reviews containing lots of constructive criticism. |
Data Acquisition, Management, Sharing and Ownership Topics | No Data acquisition_management_sharing and ownership Topics |
Mentor and Trainee Responsibilities Topics | No mentor and trainee responsibilities topics |
Publication Practices and Responsible Authorship Topics | No publication practices and responsible authorship topics |
Peer Review Topics |
The significance of peer review, Conflicts of interest and peer reviews, Qualities of a good review and reviewer, Logistics of peer reviewing, Responding to reviewers, Reviewer roles in ensuring RCR, Editorial responsibilities |
Collaborative Science Topics | No collaborative science topics |
Research Misconduct Topics | No research misconduct topics |
Conflicts of Interest, Law and Policy Topics | No conflicts of interest_law_and policy topics |
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RCR Keyword | Peer Review, Manuscript, Journal Club, Journal, Editor |
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Case Difficulty | Quick |
Type of Case | |
Source for Topic Areas | Du Bois, J., & Dueker, J. (2009). Teaching and Assessing the Responsible Conduct of Research: A Delphi Consensus Panel Report. Journal of Research Administration, 40(1), 49-70. |
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