Questionnaire for styles of peer review of scientific papers
Feng Zhang · Bianji xuebao · 2010
The factors influencing the selection of peer review styles from the reviewers and authors were investigated through questionnaire.The surveying results show that 86.8% of reviewers and 85.4% of authors approve adopting double-blind peer review;88.2% of reviewers and 96% of authors admit the impersonality and impartiality of double-blind peer review;and 31.6% of reviewers and 48.4% of authors think that the editorial board should avoid selecting the reviewers who undertake the similar researches with authors.It is suggested that some scientific journals which have narrow specialties can adopt double-blind peer review,but most university journals can select single-blind peer review.