Understanding the peer review endeavor in scientific publishing

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Highlights：

• The length of peer reviews is used as a measure of reviewers’ efforts.

• The relationships between non-academic factors and review length are estimated.

• Country-level cultural and economic backgrounds are significantly associated with review length.

• Reviewers influenced by confucianism tend to give shorter reviews.

摘要

•The length of peer reviews is used as a measure of reviewers’ efforts.•The relationships between non-academic factors and review length are estimated.•Country-level cultural and economic backgrounds are significantly associated with review length.•Reviewers influenced by confucianism tend to give shorter reviews.

论文关键词：Peer review,Publons,Review length,Peer review endeavor

论文评审过程：Received 8 March 2021, Revised 9 January 2022, Accepted 16 February 2022, Available online 3 March 2022, Version of Record 3 March 2022.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2022.101264