影响科技期刊专家审稿的心理因素与编辑对策

Psychological factors and editing countermeasures in peer review of sci-tech periodicals

影响科技期刊专家审稿的心理因素包括思维定势、意识意志、情绪情感、个性心理特征,等等,表现为审稿中的名人效应、熟人效应,审稿思维情绪化、感性化,审稿责任意识弱化,出现审稿疲劳。提高审稿专家自我心理监控调节水平,约定审稿责任,加强编辑与审稿专家的沟通交流,提高审稿费用,建立激励机制,是克服专家审稿中的消极心理,提高审稿质量的重要措施。

The psychological factors influencing the peer review include fixed patterns of thinking, consciousness, purpose, characteristic individuality etc. The symptoms are exposed as VIP＇s effect, acquaintance＇s effect, emotionality thinking in peer review; the responsibility consciousness becomes weakened; and fatigue happens in peer review. This paper suggests enhancing expert＇s self-regulation level, making clear the responsibility of the reviewers, strengthening communication between editors and experts, increasing payment for reviewing, and establishing an incentive mechanism. These are important measures for overcoming reviewers＇ negative psychological factors and for improving review quality.