Peer Reviewers Research Articles

Perspectives on systematic review protocol registration: a survey amongst stakeholders in the clinical research publication process

BackgroundAs systematic reviews (SRs) inform healthcare decisions, it is key that they address relevant questions and use rigorous methodology. Registration of SR protocols helps researchers identify relevant topics for future reviews and aims to prevent bias and duplication of effort. However, most SRs protocols are currently not registered, despite its significance. To guide future recommendations to enhance preregistration of SRs, it is important to gain a comprehensive understanding of the perspectives within the research community. Therefore, this study aims to examine the experiences with and factors of influence (barriers and facilitators) on prospective SR registration amongst researchers, peer reviewers and journal editors.MethodsTwo different surveys were distributed to two groups: researchers and journal editors both identified from an existing sample of SRs. Researchers who indicated to have peer reviewed a SR were surveyed on their perspectives as peer reviewers as well. Survey design and analysis were informed by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). Shared and unique subthemes from the perspectives of researchers, peer reviewers and journal editors were identified and linked to the SR registration process (Innovation), to team, organisation (Inner setting) and (inter)national research community (Outer setting), and to characteristics of researchers, peer reviewers or journal editors (Individuals).ResultsThe survey’s response rates were 65/727 (9%) for researchers, of which 37 were peer reviewers, and 22/308 (7%) for journal editors. Most respondents (n = 76, 94%) were familiar with SR protocol registration and 81% of researchers had registered minimally one SR protocol. Shared SR registration process subthemes were the importance and advantages of SR protocol registration, as well as barriers such as a high administrative burden. Shared subthemes regarding the inner and outer setting centred on journal processes, external standards and time. Shared individual factors were knowledge, skills and awareness.ConclusionsThe majority of the respondents were familiar with SR protocol registration and had a positive attitude towards it. This study identified suboptimal registration process, administrative burden and lack of mandatory SR protocol registration as barriers. By overcoming these barriers, SR protocol registration could contribute more effectively to the goals of open science.Systematic review registrationosf.io/gmv6z.

The Dream of Psychosocial Thinking

AbstractThis essay is a response to four peer reviews of Unseen City, touching on the key ideas showcased in each: the move in community psychoanalysis from an authoritative scripting of the cure to elaborations of care; the role of the public clinic in the global city; the post colonial uncanny; the contribution of literature to the psy-disciplines.

Where are the carrots? A proposal to start crediting peer reviewers for their contribution to science

Key points The peer review system is viewed by many as being flawed and antiquated. While it is unlikely that the system will be overhauled completely, some changes seem to be warranted. Our proposal is to change the incentives to do peer review by making reviews a part of the tenure criteria and valuing reviews as a contribution to the literature. The proposal would require more transparency than is currently the industry norm to prevent unwanted effects. We believe these changes would not only increase willingness to review, but also lead to shorter turnaround times and increase the quality of reviews.

Programmatic assessment in Medical Education – Review

A programmatic assessment is a systematic process by which we evaluate our processes, services, and outcomes through a systematic approach with the intention of enhancing our quality and performance. With the help of a structured approach, we will be able to gather, analyze, and interpret data in order to determine strengths and weaknesses within our company's operations. As part of the organization's assessment program, a variety of methodologies will be used, including surveys, performance metrics, and peer reviews, to provide an understanding of the effectiveness of the organization as a whole. In this review, the primary objectives are to identify the benefits, the approach to their implementation, as well as areas for improvement, set measurable goals, develop strategic changes, and identify the challenges associated with implementing programmatic assessments in medical education. Through the adoption of a continuous improvement culture, this assessment program will have the ability to empower our organization to adapt to evolving challenges as well as provide better services to our stakeholders.

Thanking all peer reviewers

Thanking all peer reviewers

Peer reviewers in 2023

Peer reviewers in 2023

Systematic review search strategies are poorly reported and not reproducible: a cross-sectional metaresearch study

ObjectivesTo determine the reproducibility of biomedical systematic review search strategies. Study Design and SettingA cross-sectional reproducibility study was conducted on a random sample of 100 systematic reviews indexed in MEDLINE in November 2021. The primary outcome measure is the percentage of systematic reviews for which all database searches can be reproduced, operationalized as fulfilling six key Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses literature search extension (PRISMA-S) reporting guideline items and having all database searches reproduced within 10% of the number of original results. Key reporting guideline items included database name, multi-database searching, full search strategies, limits and restrictions, date(s) of searches, and total records. ResultsThe 100 systematic review articles contained 453 database searches. Only 22 (4.9%) database searches reported all six PRISMA-S items. Forty-seven (10.4%) database searches could be reproduced within 10% of the number of results from the original search; six searches differed by more than 1,000% between the originally reported number of results and the reproduction. Only one systematic review article provided the necessary search details to be fully reproducible. ConclusionSystematic review search reporting is poor. To correct this will require a multifaceted response from authors, peer reviewers, journal editors, and database providers.

FC16: Memory Services National Accreditation Programme (MSNAP), United Kingdom The Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK

Objective:MSNAP is a quality improvement and accreditation network for services that assess, diagnose and treat dementia in the UK. Accreditation assures patients, carers, frontline staff, commissioners, managers, and regulators that your memory service is of a good quality and that staff are committed to improving care. Our aims are to improve the quality of memory services nationally and internationally, through a thorough and supportive assessment against our standards.Methods:Through a model of peer-reviews, MSNAP assesses memory services across the UK (currently 86 member services) against a set of evidence-based standards for memory services. The purpose of our standards is to improve the quality of care provided by memory services. The standards are drawn from relevant policies, guidelines and research literature and have been developed in consultation with our members, our partner organisations and patient and carer networks. MSNAP has launched a developmental membership option which is open to international members to receive an in-depth assessment against our standards.Results:MSNAP peer reviews of memory services reveal a national picture of challenges faced by memory services within the UK, as well as areas of best practice. These findings demonstrate where further support or resources may be needed within memory services in the UK. For example, the peer reviews have highlighted commonly unmet standards relating to the delivery of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) and conducting audits on the capacity to provide psychosocial interventions. Not all services are currently providing people with dementia with access to art/creative therapies.Conclusion:MSNAP is a unique programme which is recognised globally as being robust and well established in supporting memory services to deliver best practice. The data collected from our MSNAP peer reviews provides a real-time comprehensive oversight that can shape future practices and influence national and local policies to ultimately benefit patients and carers.

2023 Peer Reviewers.

The American Journal of Nursing is a peer-reviewed journal. Nurses and other practitioners serve as peer reviewers, sharing with us their expertise in health care, research, and all aspects of nursing practice. They are essential to ensure the quality of the manuscripts we publish. We are pleased to acknowledge and thank the following individuals who reviewed manuscripts in 2023.

How to Peer Review a Neurology Education Manuscript.

Peer review is an essential process in scientific research, ensuring the comprehensiveness, accuracy, and suitability of manuscripts for publication. Neurology education research differs from biomedical clinical research in several ways. These differences encompass specific paradigms, the use of theoretical frameworks, and different methodological approaches. Despite the high number of studies and journal publications on neurology education, there is a dearth of resources and guidance on how to perform a formal review on this specific literature. This article aims to review the distinctive features of neurology education from clinical research while proposing an organizational framework and model for performing peer reviews of papers focused on neurology education.

Preface

The International Conference on Mechatronics, Automation and Intelligent Control (MAIC) has confirmed once again this year the enthusiasm and determination of students and young researchers to play a major role in the scientific progress. Since 2021, we have regularly gathered to discuss the most recent developments and achievement on mechatronics, automation and intelligent control, and we firmly convince that sharing our expertise and experience is the foundation of research activity.The 2023 3rd International Conference on Mechatronics, Automation and Intelligent Control (MAIC 2023) took place from September 15th to 17th, 2023 in Guilin, China (virtual event), attracting about 80 leading delegates from around the world. The format we chose is a formal meeting primarily aimed at graduate students and leading researchers, who were encouraged to present their work through oral or poster presentations that provide genuine engagement of the audience and cross-pollination of ideas. One of the main purposes of the Conference was to create an international network of researchers, both experimentalists and theorists, and fruitful collaborations across different branches of mechatronics, automation and intelligent control.After previous two sessions that strengthened it, the International Conference on Mechatronics, Automation and Intelligent Control was held for the third time. It was a three-day Conference. The success of this year’s event was testified by an increased number of participants and institutions all around the world. This resulted in an extremely rich and interactive keynote speech, oral and poster session that covered several areas related to mechatronics, automation and intelligent control.With the intent of broadening the contents and stimuli adopting academic communication, the keynote speech part was held. This choice reflected the growing importance of the activity performed by scientists and researchers, especially at the earliest stages of their career, as a way of increasing their expertise and developing soft skills. During the meeting, Prof. Xingjian Wang from Beihang University, China shared with us his research on Fault Diagnosis and Fault-tolerance Control for Aircraft Control System. In order to realize the highly reliable and healthy service of the aircraft control system, the health status assessment and remaining useful life prediction of the key components of the aircraft control system, the key technology of fault diagnosis for the airborne hydraulic system, and the high safety hierarchical active fault-tolerance control strategy were carried out to effectively improve the healthy service capability of the aircraft control system.This paper volume cover topics on Industrial Robots and Automatic Production Line, Automatic Control Technology, Intelligent Fault Detection and Identification, Man-Machine Interactions, etc. Given the recent experimental achievements in mechatronics, automation and intelligent control, several contributions were focused on the latest results obtained in these fields, presenting the impact of experiments to the community of young researchers and forecasting the future goals in these areas of research.The organizers of MAIC 2023 would like to thank all the keynote speakers, authors, peer reviewers, and everyone who contributed to the Conference. We owe gratitude to all the Committee members for providing necessary help and support throughout the meeting. The publication of the Proceedings of this Conference is supported by Journal of Physics: Conference Series.The Committee of MAIC 2023List of Committee Member is available in this pdf.

Preface

Preface This book contains the selected papers from the 2023 International Conference on Big Data, Information and Intelligent Engineering which was held on September 17-18, 2023, Hubei Zhongke Institute of Geology and Environment Technology, Wuhan, China. It provides the scholars and researchers with an effective medium for communicating important recent developments in their areas of specialization to colleagues and to scientists in related disciplines. We had the honor of inviting Jerry Chun-Wei Lin, ACM Distinguished Scientist, IEEE Senior Member, Fellow of IET, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway., to serve as our Conference Chairmen. 130 individuals and enterprises all over the world attended the conference. Divided into three parts, the conference agenda covered keynote speeches, oral presentations, and online Q&A discussion. Firstly, keynote speakers were each allocated 30-35 minutes to hold their speeches. Then in the oral presentations, the excellent papers selected were presented by their authors one by one 15-20 minutes.On behalf of the conference BDIIE 2023 organizing committee, we would like to express our deeply appreciation to all the keynote speakers, oral speakers peer reviewers, and all the participants and supporters. More than anything, we would like to acknowledge the Journal of Physics: Conference Series, for the efforts and help of all the colleagues in publishing this paper volume. We really expect the opportunity for future collaborations.The book contains 54 peer-reviewed papers, selected from more than 92 submissions and ranging from the theoretical and conceptual to strongly pragmatic and addressing industrial best practice. It covers Big Data, Engineering Applications and Scientific Computations, Information Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Simulation of Intelligent Systems.The book shares practical experiences and enlightening ideas and will be of interest to researchers in and practitioners everywhere.List of Committee is available in this Pdf.

Preface

The International Conference on Power Electronics and Electrical Technology (ICPEET) has confirmed once again this year the enthusiasm and determination of students and young researchers to play a major role in the scientific progress. Since 2022, we have regularly gathered to discuss the most recent developments and achievement on power electronics and electrical technology, and we firmly convince that sharing our expertise and experience is the foundation of research activity.The 2023 2nd International Conference on Power Electronics and Electrical Technology (ICPEET 2023) took place on July 7th to 9th, 2023 in Chongqing, China (virtual event), attracting about 80 leading delegates around the world. The format we chose is a formal meeting primarily aimed at graduate students and leading researchers, who were encouraged to present their work through oral or poster presentations that provide genuine engagement of the audience and cross-pollination of ideas. One of the main purposes of the Conference was to create an international network of researchers, both experimentalists and theorists, and fruitful collaborations across different branches of power electronics and electrical technology.After previous meeting that strengthened it, the International Conference on Power Electronics and Electrical Technology was held for the second time. It was a three-day Conference, where there was an extremely rich and interactive keynote speech, oral and poster session that covered several areas of power electronics and electrical technology.With the intent of broadening the contents and stimuli adopting academic communication, the keynote speech part was held. This choice reflected the growing importance of the activity performed by scientists and researchers, especially at the earliest stages of their career, as a way of increasing their expertise and developing soft skills. Prof. Jiashen Teh (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia) addressed a speech on Flexible Thermal Line Rating for Reliable Power Systems, Prof. Zhenbin Zhang (Shandong University, China) on Bias-Free Fast Start-Up Strategy and High-Performance Predictive Control Method for DC Energy, and Prof. Ali Arefi (Murdoch University, Australia) on Reliability of Renewable-Rich Microgrids: Evaluation and Planning.In this volume, we collected part of the contributions that have been presented at the Conference. They cover topics on Cogeneration and Distributed Generation, High Voltage Technology, Wireless Power Transmission, Electromagnetic Compatibility, Advanced and Sensorless Machine Control, etc. Given the recent experimental achievements in power electronics and electrical technology, several contributions were focused on the latest results obtained in these fields, presenting the impact of experiments to the community of young researchers and forecasting the future goals in these areas of research.The organizers of ICPEET 2023 would like to thank all the keynote speakers, authors, peer reviewers, and everyone who contributed to the Conference. We owe gratitude to all the Committee members for providing necessary help and support throughout the meeting. The publication of the Proceedings of this Conference is supported by Journal of Physics: Conference Series.The Committee of ICPEET 2023List of Committee Member is available in this Pdf

Ten tips for successful assessment of risk of bias in randomized trials using the RoB 2 tool: Early lessons from Cochrane

AbstractIntroductionRoB 2 is a tool used by systematic reviewers to assess risk of bias in randomized trials. Over a period of 19 months working as editors for Cochrane, we saw many instances where users of RoB 2 frequently applied the tool in ways the developers had not intended, despite availability of detailed guidance, webinars and FAQs.MethodsIn this paper we highlight the ten main issues that we observed, with the aims of optimising the application of the RoB 2 tool, avoiding some of the frequent misapplications of the tool.ResultsIssues noted included failure to state an effect of interest, applying the tool to an entire study rather than to a specific numerical result, omitting key signaling questions and relying on outdated views of causes of bias.ConclusionSuch omissions and misapplications can lead to overly harsh or lenient assessments of bias with potential to change the confidence we have in an evidence base of randomized trials. We recommend that teams planning to use RoB 2 include at least one member familiar with the RoB 2 detailed guidance and that they use the free resources, such as webinars and FAQs, from the developers of RoB 2 and Cochrane. Our ten tips should be useful to non‐Cochrane systematic reviewers as well as to peer reviewers and editors in Cochrane and other journals.

From the Editors

With this issue, Integratus completes its first year. A new journal faces many challenges, being an unknown entity. Submissions can arrive haltingly, and the journal needs a good team of peer reviewers. These things take time. Today there is a good stream of new submissions to the journal, and our review team (to use a sports analogy) may not be Super Bowl champs, but they are in the playoffs with timely and insightful reviews.

Employing Perusall and Encouraging Peer Reviews in the History Classroom

Employing Perusall and Encouraging Peer Reviews in the History Classroom

Thank You to Our Peer Reviewers

Thank You to Our Peer Reviewers

장애학생들의 랩을 활용한 음악공연(랩 교가, 퓨전 합창) 경험에 관한 사례연구

Objectives This study aims to conduct a qualitative case study exploring the experiences of students with disabilities in musical performances utilizing rap.
 Methods At the ○○ Special School in Chungnam, a total of 38 participants engaged in the musical performance, which included four teachers covering roles such as accompanists, drummers, and vocals, alongside students from middle school to specialized courses. Rehearsals took place twice a week for two hours from April 16th to 27th, 2018. The primary participants in the study were six students with developmental disabilities, and secondary participants included seven individuals: administrators, educators, school superintendents, and local community members. Using a qualitative case study approach, the research delves into the students’ experiences with a learner-centered program that featured a rap school song and a fusion choral performance. Data collection mainly consisted of in-depth interviews conducted over eight sessions during the music performance preparation phase, supplemented with participant observations. To ensure the credibility and validity of the qualitative research, techniques such as peer reviews, expert meetings, and the triangulation method were employed.
 Results The findings are as follows. First, the introduction of rap through a rap school song and fusion choral signaled a turning point in education. Initially, administrators and faculty exhibited skepticism, deeming it unfeasible. However, students displayed a mix of unfamiliarity, curiosity, and preconceived notions about traditional music education, hinting at an impending challenge. Second, the dual concerto of empathy and tailored instruction served as a motivating factor to unleash the potential of students with disabilities. Significant changes were observed in trust and class participation levels when the teacher-student relationship harmonized (師弟同行). This musical reinforcement brought about improvements in autonomy, classroom attitude, expressiveness, prejudice reduction, enhanced interaction, and improved articulation skills, thereby demonstrating the possible within the impossible. Tailored, learner-centered education showcased its potential to transform negative aspects into positive elements for students, educators, and stakeholders alike. Third, through the bond of musical understanding, everyone came together in harmony, leaving a lasting warmth and fragrance. This became an opportunity to shift perceptions on disabilities from bias to equality. The music performance surpassed the expectations of all participants, marking a time of new challenges and achievements, leaving an indelible impact on the educational landscape.
 Conclusions The utilization of rap in the musical experiences of students with disabilities revealed the potential to bring about positive effects, showcasing the harmony of empathy and tailored instruction. Therefore, this study can provide a foundation and play a pivotal role in implementing learner-centered music education.

Thanking All Peer Reviewers

Thanking All Peer Reviewers

Reviewer training for improving grant and journal peer review.

Funders and scientific journals use peer review to decide which projects to fund or articles to publish. Reviewer training is an intervention to improve the quality of peer review. However, studies on the effects of such training yield inconsistent results, and there are no up-to-date systematic reviews addressing this question. To evaluate the effect of peer reviewer training on the quality of grant and journal peer review. We used standard, extensive Cochrane search methods. The latest search date was 27 April 2022. We included randomized controlled trials (RCTs; including cluster-RCTs) that evaluated peer review with training interventions versus usual processes, no training interventions, or other interventions to improve the quality of peer review. We used standard Cochrane methods. Our primary outcomes were 1. completeness of reporting and 2. peer review detection of errors. Our secondary outcomes were 1. bibliometric scores, 2. stakeholders' assessment of peer review quality, 3. inter-reviewer agreement, 4. process-centred outcomes, 5. peer reviewer satisfaction, and 6. completion rate and speed of funded projects. We used the first version of the Cochrane risk of bias tool to assess the risk of bias, and we used GRADE to assess the certainty of evidence. We included 10 RCTs with a total of 1213 units of analysis. The unit of analysis was the individual reviewer in seven studies (722 reviewers in total), and the reviewed manuscript in three studies (491 manuscripts in total). In eight RCTs, participants were journal peer reviewers. In two studies, the participants were grant peer reviewers. The training interventions can be broadly divided into dialogue-based interventions (interactive workshop, face-to-face training, mentoring) and one-way communication (written information, video course, checklist, written feedback). Most studies were small. We found moderate-certainty evidence that emails reminding peer reviewers to check items of reporting checklists, compared with standard journal practice, have little or no effect on the completeness of reporting, measured as the proportion of items (from 0.00 to 1.00) that were adequately reported (mean difference (MD) 0.02, 95% confidence interval (CI) -0.02 to 0.06; 2 RCTs, 421 manuscripts). There was low-certainty evidence that reviewer training, compared with standard journal practice, slightly improves peer reviewer ability to detect errors (MD 0.55, 95% CI 0.20 to 0.90; 1 RCT, 418 reviewers). We found low-certainty evidence that reviewer training, compared with standard journal practice, has little or no effect on stakeholders' assessment of review quality in journal peer review (standardized mean difference (SMD) 0.13 standard deviations (SDs), 95% CI -0.07 to 0.33; 1 RCT, 418 reviewers), or change in stakeholders' assessment of review quality in journal peer review (SMD -0.15 SDs, 95% CI -0.39 to 0.10; 5 RCTs, 258 reviewers). We found very low-certainty evidence that a video course, compared with no video course, has little or no effect on inter-reviewer agreement in grant peer review (MD 0.14 points, 95% CI -0.07 to 0.35; 1 RCT, 75 reviewers). There was low-certainty evidence that structured individual feedback on scoring, compared with general information on scoring, has little or no effect on the change in inter-reviewer agreement in grant peer review (MD 0.18 points, 95% CI -0.14 to 0.50; 1 RCT, 41 reviewers, low-certainty evidence). Evidence from 10 RCTs suggests that training peer reviewers may lead to little or no improvement in the quality of peer review. There is a need for studies with more participants and a broader spectrum of valid and reliable outcome measures. Studies evaluating stakeholders' assessments of the quality of peer review should ensure that these instruments have sufficient levels of validity and reliability.