TY - JOUR
T1 - Supporting robust, rigorous, and reliable reviewing as the cornerstone of our profession
T2 - Introducing a competency framework for peer review
AU - Köhler, Tine
AU - González-Morales, M. Gloria
AU - Banks, George C.
AU - O'Boyle, Ernest H.
AU - Allen, Joseph A.
AU - Sinha, Ruchi
AU - Woo, Sang Eun
AU - Gulick, Lisa M.V.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Inc. 2020.
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - Peer review is a critical component toward facilitating a robust science in industrial and organizational (I-O) psychology. Peer review exists beyond academic publishing in organizations, university departments, grant agencies, classrooms, and many more work contexts. Reviewers are responsible for judging the quality of research conducted and submitted for evaluation. Furthermore, they are responsible for treating authors and their work with respect, in a supportive and developmental manner. Given its central role in our profession, it is curious that we do not have formalized review guidelines or standards and that most of us never receive formal training in peer reviewing. To support this endeavor, we are proposing a competency framework for peer review. The purpose of the competency framework is to provide a definition of excellent peer reviewing and guidelines to reviewers for which types of behaviors will lead to good peer reviews. By defining these competencies, we create clarity around expectations for peer review, standards for good peer reviews, and opportunities for training the behaviors required to deliver good peer reviews. We further discuss how the competency framework can be used to improve peer reviewing and suggest additional steps forward that involve suggestions for how stakeholders can get involved in fostering high-quality peer reviewing.
AB - Peer review is a critical component toward facilitating a robust science in industrial and organizational (I-O) psychology. Peer review exists beyond academic publishing in organizations, university departments, grant agencies, classrooms, and many more work contexts. Reviewers are responsible for judging the quality of research conducted and submitted for evaluation. Furthermore, they are responsible for treating authors and their work with respect, in a supportive and developmental manner. Given its central role in our profession, it is curious that we do not have formalized review guidelines or standards and that most of us never receive formal training in peer reviewing. To support this endeavor, we are proposing a competency framework for peer review. The purpose of the competency framework is to provide a definition of excellent peer reviewing and guidelines to reviewers for which types of behaviors will lead to good peer reviews. By defining these competencies, we create clarity around expectations for peer review, standards for good peer reviews, and opportunities for training the behaviors required to deliver good peer reviews. We further discuss how the competency framework can be used to improve peer reviewing and suggest additional steps forward that involve suggestions for how stakeholders can get involved in fostering high-quality peer reviewing.
KW - competency framework
KW - developmental feedback
KW - peer review
KW - reliable reviewing
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U2 - 10.1017/iop.2019.121
DO - 10.1017/iop.2019.121
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85080960129
SN - 1754-9426
VL - 13
SP - 1
EP - 27
JO - Industrial and Organizational Psychology
JF - Industrial and Organizational Psychology
IS - 1
ER -