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Review quality (mean total RQI), review tone, reviewers' recommendations on acceptance, and timeliness of supplying review for reviewers nominated by reviewers (ANRs) or chosen by editors (ECRs) |
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| Author-nominated reviewers (ANR) |
Editor-chosen reviewers (ECR) |
p-value |
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| N |
100 |
100 |
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| Mean RQI (± SD) |
2.24 ± 0.55 |
2.34 ± 0.54 |
0.18 |
| Tone |
2.72 ± 0.48 |
2.82 ± 0.52 |
0.94 |
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| Recommendation: first review (N=%) |
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| accept |
47 |
35 |
<0.001 |
| reject |
10 |
23 |
|
| can't decide |
43 |
42 |
|
|
|
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| Recommendation: final review (after revision) |
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| accept |
65 |
66 |
0.47 |
| reject |
10 |
14 |
|
| can't decide |
25 |
20 |
|
|
|
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| Median time to supply review (days) (range) |
18 (1–48) |
17 (1–64) |
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Wager et al. BMC Medicine 2006 4:13 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-4-13 |
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