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Frank H\u00e4ge<\/a> alerts me to a new website<\/a> which gives you the chance to\u00a0review the reviews\u00a0of your journal submissions:<\/p>\n

On this site academic social science researchers have the opportunity to comment on the reviews they have received, and the process of decision-making about reviews, affecting articles submitted for publication, book proposals, and funding applications.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So far there seems to be only one submission (by the site’s author) but I can see the potential.\u00a0The addition of a simple\u00a0scoring system\u00a0so that you can rate your experience with certain journals might work even better. The danger is of course that\u00a0the website becomes just another channel for venting the frustration of rejected authors.<\/p>\n

In my opinion, making the reviews public (perhaps after the publication of the article) is the way to go in order to increase the accountability of the review system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Frank H\u00e4ge alerts me to a new website which gives you the chance to\u00a0review the reviews\u00a0of your journal submissions: On this site academic social science researchers have the opportunity to comment on the reviews they have received, and the process of decision-making about reviews, affecting articles submitted for publication, book proposals, and funding applications. So far there seems to be only one submission (by the site’s author) but I can see the potential.\u00a0The addition of a simple\u00a0scoring system\u00a0so that you can rate your experience with certain journals might work even better. The danger is of course that\u00a0the website becomes just another channel for venting the frustration of rejected authors. In my opinion, making the reviews public (perhaps after the publication of the article) is the way to go in order to increase the accountability of the review system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[2,44],"tags":[55,79,470,567,611],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7g3hj-7l","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24,"url":"http:\/\/re-design.dimiter.eu\/?p=24","url_meta":{"origin":455,"position":0},"title":"The present and the future of academic publishing","date":"October 10, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Academic publishing remains one of the most mysterious industries to me even after being caught in its web for a while. 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