Authors, peer reviewers, and readers: What is expected from each player in collaborative publishing?

Abstract

Scholarly publishing is in a crisis, with the many stakeholders complaining about different aspects of the system. Authors want fast publication times, high visibility and publications in high-impact journals. Readers want freely accessible, high-quality articles. Peer reviewers want recognition for the work they perform to ensure the quality of the published articles. However, authors, peer reviewers, and readers are three different roles played by the same group of individuals, the users of the scholarly publishing system—and this system could work based on a collaborative publishing principle where “nobody pays, and nobody gets paid”.

Improving the quality of publications in and advancing the paradigms of clinical and social pharmacy practice research: the Granada Statements

“…One of the hidden reasons why researchers tend to publish their pharmacy practice articles outside of pharmacy practice journals may be the search for higher impact metrics. Inappropriate researchers' performance assessment processes converted the "publish or perish" into an "aim high" obsessive goal for authors [48]. Among several bibliometric indexes, impact metrics, such as the Impact Factor Score, have achieved an overwhelming position, or level of currency in discussing the weight or gravitas of journals [49].…”

Improving the quality of publications in and advancing the paradigms of clinical and social pharmacy practice research: the Granada Statements

“…47 It is important to understand that these three participants (ie, authors, reviewers and editors) are in fact only one group of researchers acting in three different roles at different points in time. 48…”

Improving the quality of publications in and advancing the paradigms of clinical and social pharmacy practice research: The Granada Statements

“…It is important to understand that these three participants (i.e., authors, reviewers and editors) are in fact only one group of researchers acting in three different roles at different points in time. 48 …”