Gender Factors in Reviewer Recommendations for Manuscript Publication
Publication type
journal article
Publication date
1990
Author(s)
Lloyd, Margaret E.
Language
English
View point(s)
Global
Peer Review System
Abstract
This study investigated whether the gender of manuscript authors affected reviewers' editorial decisions. Female and male reviewers for five behavioral journals were asked to evaluate identical manuscripts according to their usual criteria. Half the manuscripts were supposedly written by men and half by women. Male reviewers did not evaluate male- and female-authored manuscripts differently. Female reviewers accepted significantly more female-authored (62%) than male-authored (10%) manuscripts. Female-authored manuscripts were accepted significantly more often by female (62%) than by male (21%) reviewers. Information unrelated to the quality of the manuscript appears to have influenced reviewers' decisions. Implications for the journal review process are discussed.
Journal
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
ISSN
1938-3703
Volume
23
Issue
4
Pagination
539-543
Rights
1990 Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior