社科学术期刊专家外审制度的现实困境与破解思路

Realistic dilemma and countermeasures of peer review system in social science academic journals

【目的】基于核心期刊外审过程中的真实数据展开量化分析,为社科期刊完善审稿制度、提升办刊质量提供启示与借鉴。【方法】基于国内核心社科期刊外审工作的实践,分析当前专家外审制度具体执行过程中存在的主要问题、内在原因和破解思路。【结果】专家外审制度的主要问题在于审稿周期较长、审稿意见质量不高、作者与专家对话机制不完善。之所以存在这些问题,是因为专家的劳动价值与报酬不匹配、稿件送审不够精准、期刊与专家联系不够、期刊制度完善动力不足。【结论】要破解上述难题,需要建立更完善的审稿专家数据库,鼓励编辑与专家加强线下交流,强化对专家的评价与激励,同时加强期刊间合作,从而形成互助共享的发展格局。

[Purposes]Based on data obtained from the real peer review of core journals,this study conducts quantitative analysis and provides inspiration and references for improving the review system and enhancing the quality of publication in social science journals.[Methods]Based on the practical work of peer review in core social science journals in China,this study analyzed the main problems,inherent reasons,and countermeasures to the specific implementation process of the current peer review system.[Findings]The main problems of the peer review system are long review periods,low-quality review comments,and an inadequate author-expert dialogue mechanism.These problems exist because of the unbalanced labor value and compensation of experts,inadequate accuracy of submission,insufficient connection between the journals and the experts,and insufficient motivation in improving the system of journals.[Conclusions]To solve these problems,it is necessary to establish a more complete database of peer reviewers,encourage editors to strengthen offline communication with experts,strengthen the evaluation and incentive mechanisms for experts,and promote cooperation between journals to form a development pattern of mutual assistance and sharing.