TY - JOUR

T1 - A call for statistical editors in ecology

AU - Von Wehrden, Henrik

AU - Schultner, Jannik

AU - Abson, David J.

PY - 2015/6/1

Y1 - 2015/6/1

N2 - Maintaining the quality of peer-review in the face of an ever-increasing quantity of article submissions [1] represents a major challenge for authors, reviewers, and editors. It is increasingly difficult for time-constrained editors and reviewers to maintain the consistent quality of published papers without increasing turnover periods in the review process. At the same time, the limited publication capacity of journals necessitates increased rejection rates, which in turn leads to reviewers and editors being increasingly criticized, despite their best efforts and intentions, for being subjective, nontransparent, or even biased in their evaluation of manuscripts [2].

AB - Maintaining the quality of peer-review in the face of an ever-increasing quantity of article submissions [1] represents a major challenge for authors, reviewers, and editors. It is increasingly difficult for time-constrained editors and reviewers to maintain the consistent quality of published papers without increasing turnover periods in the review process. At the same time, the limited publication capacity of journals necessitates increased rejection rates, which in turn leads to reviewers and editors being increasingly criticized, despite their best efforts and intentions, for being subjective, nontransparent, or even biased in their evaluation of manuscripts [2].

KW - Peer-review

KW - Quantitative ecology

KW - Statistical analysis

KW - Sustainability Science

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84931003836&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.tree.2015.03.013

DO - 10.1016/j.tree.2015.03.013

M3 - Journal articles

C2 - 25851947

VL - 30

SP - 293

EP - 294

JO - Trends in Ecology and Evolution

JF - Trends in Ecology and Evolution

SN - 0169-5347

IS - 6

ER -