Peer review perpetuates barriers for historically excluded groups.

Autor: Smith OM; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA. olivia.m.smith@wsu.edu.; Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA. olivia.m.smith@wsu.edu.; Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA. olivia.m.smith@wsu.edu., Davis KL; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.; Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA., Pizza RB; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.; Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA., Waterman R; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.; Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA., Dobson KC; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.; Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA., Foster B; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.; Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA., Jarvey JC; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.; Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA., Jones LN; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.; Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA., Leuenberger W; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.; Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA., Nourn N; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.; Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.; Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA., Conway EE; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.; Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA., Fiser CM; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.; Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA., Hansen ZA; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.; Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.; Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA., Hristova A; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.; Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA., Mack C; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.; Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA., Saunders AN; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.; Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA., Utley OJ; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.; Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA., Young ML; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.; Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA., Davis CL; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.; Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.; Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Nature ecology & evolution [Nat Ecol Evol] 2023 Apr; Vol. 7 (4), pp. 512-523. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 13.
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-01999-w
Abstrakt: Peer review is central to the scientific process and scientists' career advancement, but bias at various stages of the review process disadvantages some authors. Here we use peer review data from 312,740 biological sciences manuscripts across 31 studies to (1) examine evidence for differential peer review outcomes based on author demographics, (2) evaluate the efficacy of solutions to reduce bias and (3) describe the current landscape of peer review policies for 541 ecology and evolution journals. We found notably worse review outcomes (for example, lower overall acceptance rates) for authors whose institutional affiliations were in Asia, for authors whose country's primary language is not English and in countries with relatively low Human Development Indices. We found few data evaluating efficacy of interventions outside of reducing gender bias through double-blind review or diversifying reviewer/editorial boards. Despite evidence for review outcome gaps based on author demographics, few journals currently implement policies intended to mitigate bias (for example, 15.9% of journals practised double-blind review and 2.03% had reviewer guidelines that mentioned social justice issues). The lack of demographic equity signals an urgent need to better understand and implement evidence-based bias mitigation strategies.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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