The Political Science Peer-Review Survey
Peer-Reviewing Manuscripts for Political Science Journals
Publishing articles in respected (i.e. peer-reviewed) journals
is not only a means for disseminating the results of our research, but
has also become an important indicator of our value on the job market.
While the process of (double-blind) peer-review is often
criticised, there is very little factual information available. The aim
of this small-scale survey on peer
reviewing is to shed some light into the black box by
surveying your experience (both as reviewer and author) with the
process. Filling in the questionnaire should only take you a few
minutes. Please answer the questionnaire only once. Since there is no
world-wide directory of political scientists, we rely on snowball
sampling. If you think this is worthwhile, please pass on the address of this survey to
colleagues who might be interested:
http://www.kai-arzheimer.com/political-science-peer-review-survey.html
or simply
http://www.kai-arzheimer.com/survey/
Who is behind the Peer-Review Survey?
We are a group of political scientists from universities in Britain (Essex, Keele, Salford) and Germany (Mannheim, Mainz).
Contact
Do you want to comment, to rave and rant, or would you just like to get in touch? Contact as at .
We Need your Help!
If you are a political scientist who authors, edits or reviews articles, we would like to consult you. Your input is greatly appreciated. Filling in the questionnaire is fun (and fully anonymous) and takes less than 10 minutes of your valuable time. The results are made available to the scientific public as soon as possible.
Want to do even more? Hijack the survey!
You can embed the survey in your homepage or blog by pasting a single line of code.
Findings on the Peer-Review Process in Political Science
For obvious reasons, we would ask you to fill in the questionnaire before looking at what other people said. You can find the results of the Political Science Peer-Review Survey here.
The Questionnaire
You can fill in the questionnaire right here (scroll down), or you can go to this google spreadsheet/