Fallout and miss in journal peer review
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: Purpose The authors exploit the analogy between journal peer review and information retrieval in order to quantify some imperfections of journal peer review. Design/methodology/approach The authors define fallout rate and missing rate in order to describe quantitatively the weak papers that were accepted and the strong papers that were missed, respectively. To assess the quality of manuscripts the authors use bibliometric measures. Findings Fallout rate and missing rate are put in relation with the hitting rate and success rate. Conclusions are drawn on what fraction of weak papers will be accepted in order to have a certain fraction of strong accepted papers. Originality/value The paper illustrates that these curves are new in peer review research when interpreted in the information retrieval terminology.
Source: Journal of Documentation
Authors: L. Egghe, Lutz Bornmann
Institutions: University of Antwerp, Hasselt University, Max Planck Society
Language: English
Subfield: Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2064614723