Measuring the effect of reviewers on manuscript change: A study on a sample of submissions to Royal Society journals (2006–2017)

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Highlights：

• We tested an innovative measurement of the developmental effect of peer review on a sample of manuscripts submitted to academic journals from the Royal Society (2006–2017).

• The number of reviewers had a positive effect on manuscript change: more reviewers led to more manuscript changes.

• Manuscript changes due to peer review increase an article’s probability of being cited at least once after publication.

摘要

•We tested an innovative measurement of the developmental effect of peer review on a sample of manuscripts submitted to academic journals from the Royal Society (2006–2017).•The number of reviewers had a positive effect on manuscript change: more reviewers led to more manuscript changes.•Manuscript changes due to peer review increase an article’s probability of being cited at least once after publication.

论文关键词：Peer review,Journals,Manuscripts,Reviewers,Manuscript changes

论文评审过程：Received 11 January 2022, Revised 17 June 2022, Accepted 18 July 2022, Available online 1 August 2022, Version of Record 1 August 2022.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2022.101316