
{"id":3792,"date":"2021-09-24T12:40:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T12:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/we-asked-researchers-whether-an-authors-identity-influences-perceptions-about-their-work\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T14:55:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:25:38","slug":"we-asked-researchers-whether-an-authors-identity-influences-perceptions-about-their-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/we-asked-researchers-whether-an-authors-identity-influences-perceptions-about-their-work","title":{"rendered":"We asked researchers whether an author&#8217;s identity influences perceptions about their work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">As an Editage Insights reader, I\u2019m sure you\u2019re aware that the theme of Peer Review Week 2021 is <i>Identity in Peer Review<\/i>. Considering the relevance of topic in the current landscape of scholarly publishing, I decided to delve deeper and understand in what ways identity influences peer review. So I asked some members of the scholarly community this question: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><b><i>Do you think the identity (nationality, career stage, ethnic background, gender, affiliation, etc.) of an author influences the way editors and peer reviewers evaluate their work? <\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">I received insightful responses that further the dialog on identity in peer review. Don\u2019t miss reading them! <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><b>Dr. Nour Al-muhtasib &#8211; Postdoc at Yale University in New Haven, CT<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Nour\u2019s work focuses on cue induced relapse in relation to cocaine addiction. Other topics she is passionate about include science education and communication, inclusion within academia, and giving back to the community. You can find her on her website: <span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nouronal.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nouronal.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nouronal.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-teaser\" title=\"Default Title Text\" src=\"https:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/medium\/public\/Nour_roundup.png?itok=Jih25oLo\" alt=\"Default Alt text\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; padding: 0in;\">I believe one\u2019s identity influences the way an editor and peer reviewer evaluate their work in both positive and negative manners. There is plenty of published work on gender and racial bias in the publication process. However, I can also speak to it from first-hand experience, primarily when it comes to my institution affiliation. I saw how having an Ivy League University attached to a manuscript can greatly improve its chances of publication. We as a community are becoming more aware of these biases, but now the next step is how to avoid them.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><b>Dr. Stephan Gallo &#8211; Chief Scientist at the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Stephen Gallo is\u00a0Chief Scientist at the\u00a0American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) in the\u00a0Scientific Peer Advisory and Review Services Division. His research focuses on improving the grant review process to be more efficient, effective, fair, and reliable. He also manages AIBS peer reviews of research applications submitted to biomedical research funders.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-teaser\" title=\"Default Title Text\" src=\"https:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/medium\/public\/Red%20Gradient%20Profile%20Photo%20Instagram%20Post%20%2816%29.png?itok=45yHpGIm\" alt=\"Default Alt text\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Implicit bias likely influences scientists\u2019 evaluations of each other\u2019s work, although relatively few studies directly measure this (as most focus on outcomes). For the evaluation of federal research grants, the funding success rates of applicants have been shown to differ substantially along institutional, career-stage and racial lines. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">In addition, research studies have shown that proposals from female applicants have been observed to receive poorer peer review scores compared to their male counter-parts. These studies implicate implicit bias, but more research (and funding) is needed to focus on the actual decision-making processes used by reviewers to determine how to mitigate the effects of bias. Also, access to peer review data for these studies is crucial, yet often inaccessible to most researchers.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><b>Dr. Carlos Guardia \u2013 Senior postdoctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-teaser\" title=\"Default Title Text\" src=\"https:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/medium\/public\/Red%20Gradient%20Profile%20Photo%20Instagram%20Post%20%2815%29.png?itok=bZqyEMp3\" alt=\"Default Alt text\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Scholarly publication is changing at a dramatic speed. The major advances in electronic access and dissemination of scientific research are pushing us to (re)examine the way we publish and share our discoveries. This is compounded by the rise of social media and other online platforms, enabling us to comment on the quality and merits of any paper almost instantly. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Peer reviewing is affected by the changes, and since it is a human endeavor, it cannot be completely free from bias. There have been many studies addressing the susceptibility of the reigning peer review system to a variety of biases, many of those supported by empirical evidence. Some examples include association, gender, language, content-based, conservationism, and publication bias. It&#8217;s hard not to be a victim of one or more. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">In the ideal world, manuscripts should be reviewed purely on scientific value, irrespective of the author\u2019s and reviewer\u2019s affiliation, field, gender, and native language. Many journals and committee search and review panels have access to this information, and sometimes one can tell from what is just written on the paper. Thus, one effective way to reduce the impact of biases is to set high ethical standards and to educate ourselves to consistently live by them. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Monitoring editors and reviewers must be trained to identify and correct on time the different forms of bias they may experience during the revision of a grant proposal or paper. No matter whether it is within a single or double-blind, open, or pre- or post-publication peer review model, there is always a source of bias we need to try to minimize. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Only when we analyze each document under different lights and filters, professionally address the strengths and weaknesses, exercise collegial empathy while writing an honest review, can we make sure that the peer review system will improve and thrive through these times of changes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">I am truly grateful to Nour, Carlos, and Stephan for sharing their views with us. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/?utm_source=contentmarketing&amp;utm_medium=banner&amp;utm_campaign=editage-insights-prw21_identity_roundup_day5--row\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-default\" title=\"Default Title Text\" src=\"https:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/ROW_PRW_Offer_700x366_6.png\" alt=\"Default Alt text\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an Editage Insights reader, I\u2019m sure you\u2019re aware that the theme of Peer Review Week 2021 is Identity in Peer Review. 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