[Purpose/significance] As the "gatekeeper" of scholarly journals, the peer review has been criticized for lacking the transparency quality assurance. The open peer review, to some extent, could overcome the limitation and live up to the demands of open science and giving reviewers credit. Thus, it is critical for journals to investigate the attitudes of researchers towards the open peer review before it is implemented.[Method/process]Based on the literature review, we firstly defined the concept, the pros and cons of the open peer review; then, we conducted an online survey focusing on the information disclosure willingness during the open review process of respondents, and analyzed the collected data.[Result/conclusion]304 valid questionnaires from China have been received. All respondents have authored papers and 70% of them have peer review experience, including 40% have review experience for international journals. The result indicates that about half (50.33%) of the Chinese researchers maintain a positive attitude towards the open peer review, and the degree of acceptance varies at different stages of the open peer review process. While the discipline of researchers affects their attitudes towards the open peer review, the peer review experience for international journals makes little difference on the results. The results and analysis in this study could serve as a reference for Chinese journals to put the open peer review into practice.
Du Xingye
,
Li He
,
Wang Ling
,
Liu Yuanying
,
Yi Fei
,
Xu Jian
,
Wang Chuanqing
,
Wang Shanjun
,
Liu Jingjing
. Research on the Attitudes of Chinese Researchers Towards the Open Peer Review[J]. Library and Information Service, 2018
, 62(2)
: 73
-81
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DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2018.02.011
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