Questions to Editors of the RCR Workshop on Peer Review by W delaimy https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b Attendees discussion en-us 2020-10-08 05:26:54 UTC 2025-11-22 07:47:56 UTC hello@padlet.com Is it true that journals assign only 15% quota for publications that originate from the developing countries? https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1144608744
In many times, journals reject papers because they claim that the paper does not add to the body of knowledge though the knowledge gained from the study is new in the context of its population/country, how to overcome this barrier to papers' acceptance?

Rana F. Obeidat]]> 2021-01-31 06:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1144608744 https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1144715363 Many editorial  immediate rejection decisions include the following statement" your work is interesting and it is a well written manuscript  that is relevant but we select only 25% of the top submisions". This is done without a peer review evaluation chance. So what is the basis for this rejection. Amal Al Bakri]]> 2021-01-31 07:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1144715363 https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1144726853 Peer review is a tedious lengthy process. Has this process been evaluated for its effectiveness in detecting academic and scientific errors? Amal Al Bakri]]> 2021-01-31 07:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1144726853 https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1144730872 In multidisciplinary publications what are the steps taken to  make sure tbat all aspects of the scientific work have been properly evaluated? Amal Al Bakri]]> 2021-01-31 07:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1144730872 https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1144734317 After a peer review process some reviewers suggest adding more references that sometimes include their own work. What do you think about this? Amal am bakri ]]> 2021-01-31 07:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1144734317 https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1144738185 Most authors are affiliated to higher education institute. Is it acceptable for an author to be from the public ( open science) with no particular affiliation or from school. Amal al bakri ]]> 2021-01-31 07:13:11 UTC https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1144738185 https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1144744165 Contributionship is a growing requirement for authorship. Are there any steps during the review process to revise the claimed contribution to the submitted work? Amal Al Bakri ]]> 2021-01-31 07:16:10 UTC https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1144744165 https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1144757403 Post publication peer review 

What is meant by post evaluation peer review and is it adapted by the scientific community?]]> 2021-01-31 07:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1144757403 Initial Editorial process https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1144776556 Why it might take so long for a manuscript to receive the initial judgment? It’s already 7 weeks that my manuscript status is still ‘with editor’...don’t you think this is an ethical issue considering I cannot do a lot except for waiting and eventually send a reminder?
Thanks
Oriana Awwad

]]> 2021-01-31 07:33:34 UTC https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1144776556 Could the rvieweres be not qualified well to review and may does a mistakes in the reviwing? https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1145173582

]]> 2021-01-31 10:55:41 UTC https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1145173582 contacting editors before submission https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1145174650
does it improve our chances of publication if we contact the editor to see if they interested in our subject?

]]> 2021-01-31 10:56:22 UTC https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1145174650 Could the rvieweres be not qualified well to review and may does a mistakes in the reviwing? https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1145176753 2021-01-31 10:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1145176753 https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1145184684 journal ask for reviewers during submission. do they send the article submitted to the reviewers suggested by the author or do they use the suggested reviewers for other articles?
 ]]> 2021-01-31 11:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1145184684 https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1145870479 How to maximize manuscript's chance of acceptance especially for beginner researchers? ]]> 2021-01-31 17:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1145870479 Hard decisions alaaabouelfetouh https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1146222695 I am an associate editor at a certain journal and sometimes find it difficult to decide whether an article is within the scope of the journal. An editorial board member advised me that if it is not clearly out of scope to send it to reviewers. What would be your advice?]]> 2021-01-31 20:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1146222695 Poor language alaaabouelfetouh https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1146227500 If an article is poorly written or needs English editing, would you send it to authors for revision before considering it?]]> 2021-01-31 20:19:07 UTC https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1146227500 Articles with revisions alaaabouelfetouh https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1146230267 Would you reject an article that received an initial recommendation of revision if the authors responded partially or unconvincingly to the reviewers comments? ]]> 2021-01-31 20:20:51 UTC https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1146230267 Fadia Mayyas https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1149354982 How to choose suggested reviewers for a paper?
What do editors look for in the initial evaluation of a research paper to be sent to external reviewers?]]> 2021-02-01 15:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1149354982 Transferred articles alaaabouelfetouh https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1150423354 When an article has been rejected at a certain journal, the authors are sometimes offered the chance to transfer to another journal by the same publisher. Does a transferred paper have higher odds of being accepted than a direct submission? ]]> 2021-02-01 18:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1150423354 Many journals follow a single blinded review process, where the reviewers get to know the authors but not vice versa. What benefit would it bring to the review process to make the authors known to the reviewers? Wouldn't it be fairer to make the review process double blinded? wisamyejo https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1153189142 2021-02-02 12:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/wdelaimy/cwda4dcsvd6y8l4b/wish/1153189142