Abstract

RODRIGUEZ, Ernesto G. Editorial peer review: manuscript rejection, peer-review deficiencies, systems for management and use as scientific performance indicator. Rev. cuba. inf. cienc. salud [online]. 2013, vol.24, n.3, pp. 313-329. ISSN 2307-2113.

The digital platforms and the dynamics and evolution of scientific journals have allowed the development of different models of the editorial peer review to evaluate scientific manuscripts before their publication. In this article, the PR analysis is continued, on the models to manage rejected papers, the proper designation of reviewers and PR main limitations (reviewers' assignment, author-reviewer-editor performance and the attempts to palliate process' deficiencies), the online PR management systems and the use of PR as scientific performance indicator. All these topics are analyzed through the context of the systems and communities of science and their impact in the citation, to facilitate their possible incorporation with practical aims according to the requirements of each journal.

Keywords : Peer-reviewed publication; peer-reviewed research; academic review; journal article; electronic publication; scientific and technical publications.

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