| Journal: | Ludus vitalis |
| Database: | CLASE |
| System number: | 000415901 |
| ISSN: | 1133-5165 |
| Authors: | Monte Luna, Pablo del1 Carmona, Roberto2 Cruz Agüero, José de la1 |
| Institutions: | 1Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, La Paz, Baja California Sur. México 2Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Departamento Académico de Biología Marina, La Paz, Baja California Sur. México |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Volumen: | 22 |
| Number: | 42 |
| Pages: | 75-89 |
| Country: | México |
| Language: | Español |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | When an academic researcher wishes to communicate h is (her) ideas or investigation results, he (she) must submi t them to evaluation in a scientific journal. The manuscript goes through thr ee filters. Two of them, at the beginning and at the end of the publication pro cess, are the editor’s doing; in the middle, at least two referees posit a qualif ied opinion. This system, unbiased by design, may be corrupted by misconducts committed by these actors, independently of the article’s quality. We present a critique on the role of the key players within the editorial process, su pported by three documented case studies that exemplify some flaws in the peer review publication system. While rejection to be published may be an unavoidab le situation for any researcher who chooses to publish his (her) work, s uch rejection should be broadly justified in the understanding that what is at stake is the improvement of knowledge generation and the enrichment of a com mon topic. Due to the difficulties to eradicate wrongdoings during the pu blication process, we sug - gest that the impact of such practices may be moder ated through double blind reviews (authors and reviewers anonymous to one ano ther), to offer non-eco - nomic rewards to reviewers, and redistributing the editor’s responsibilities among different associate editors |
| Disciplines: | Bibliotecología y ciencia de la información, Filosofía |
| Keyword: | Información y sociedad, Sistemas de información, Etica, Proceso editorial, Generación de conocimiento, Publicaciones científicas, Publicaciones, Rechazo, Revisión, Editores, Academicismo |
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