The Four Rs of the Red Journal: A Progress Report From the New Editorial Team

Zietman, Anthony L.; Bennett, Katherine Egan

doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.05.042

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“…Peer reviewers who provide high-quality and timely reviews are also viewed favourably for positions such as associate editor. Pairing the diversification of peer reviewers with their evaluation and elevation was recently described by editors at the 'Red Journal' , the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 15 the editors of which said they have taken this deliberate approach to incentivize previously invisible and unrewarded service and to democratize access to positions of greater influence in the field. This approach seems worthy of replication in other journals.…”

Section: How Can We Fix the Economy Of Peer Review?mentioning

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Peer review: economy, identity, diversity

Clark¹,

Jagsi²

2021

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To meet the needs of their wide-ranging audiences, journals and editors must publish science that reflects the diversity of the communities they serve. And yet we collectively neglect the importance of optimizing the diversity of peer reviewers. This viewpoint explores the vital economy and identity of peer reviewers, and how these can help improve diversity in peer review. Economy, because this form of labour props up a publishing system, doling out the main form of currency within academia, and identity, because what peer reviewers contribute extends beyond their disciplinary expertise to their sense of self and what they represent: the backgrounds, values, and views they bring to the work of reviewing scientific papers.

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Section: How Can We Fix the Economy Of Peer Review?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Peer review: economy, identity, diversity

Clark¹,

Jagsi²

2021

ESE

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“…It follows that in anticipating the needs of its diverse international community and the patients they serve, ASTRO has launched its first entirely open access journal, Advances in Radiation Oncology . Advances is a natural complement to ASTRO's established peer-reviewed journals: the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (the Red Journal) and Practical Radiation Oncology (PRO) 1, 2…”

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