About this episode
This episode explores the academic peer review process and the challenges authors face regarding the status of their paper submissions.
Many readers of The Nuzzo Letter have probably heard of academic peer review, but few are likely to have ever participated in the process or have viewed it from the inside. Here, my aim is to show readers what a journal’s submission portal looks like and explain how authors are often left in the dark regarding the status of their paper submissions. Below, I have posted a screenshot of a submission portal for a journal where I currently have a paper under review. The journal is associated with one of the major academic publishers. The title of my paper, which can be seen in the screenshot, is “Sex Differences in Sit-and-Reach Flexibility in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis.” I have made a pre-print of this paper available at SportRxiv, and I have written a blog about the results at The Nuzzo Letter. (It is one of the papers associated with my GoFundMe drive for research on childhood sex differences in physical performance.) Not all publishers or journals use the same software for their submission portals. Nevertheless, many of the indicators in the portals are similar across journals, and these indicators give authors imprecise information about the status of their paper…
People in this episode
Host: James L. Nuzzo
Topics covered
- academic peer review
- paper submission process
- journal submission portals
- research transparency
- childhood sex differences
- physical performance
Keywords
- peer review
- submission portal
- academic publishing
- research
- childhood performance
- meta-analysis
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: SportRxiv, The Nuzzo Letter, GoFundMe
Books & works: Sex Differences in Sit-and-Reach Flexibility in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis
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