4. “…Depending on its environment, peer reviewing can
differ as to its purposes, participants, process, and
product. In qualitative research, peer review may also
be used to improve a research proposal or project's
trustworthiness.”
-Chenail, R. (2008). Peer Review. In Lisa M. Given (Ed.), The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research
Methods. (pp. 605-607).
“…the goal of peer review is to make good and
defensible judgments rather than to have high
reliability…”
-Mark,M. & Chua, P. (2005). Peer Review. In S. Mathison (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Evaluation. (p. 301).
20. Open Peer Review
Pro
• Reviewer accountability
• Better reviews
• Enhances discourse for readers
• Provides for developmental
writing & research relationship
• Timeline to publish/reviews
• Transparency in editorial
decision-making
• Reviewers’ acknowledgment
for work
• Discourse among reviewers
Con
• Protects against implicit bias
• Recruiting reviewers
• Adoption Barriers
• Hard to manage (?)
