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Table 1 Review quality (mean total RQI), review tone, reviewers' recommendations on acceptance, and timeliness of supplying review for reviewers nominated by reviewers (ANRs) or chosen by editors (ECRs)

From: Are reviewers suggested by authors as good as those chosen by editors? Results of a rater-blinded, retrospective study

 

Author-nominated reviewers (ANR)

Editor-chosen reviewers (ECR)

p-value

N

100

100

 

Mean RQI (± SD)

2.24 ± 0.55

2.34 ± 0.54

0.18

Tone

2.72 ± 0.48

2.82 ± 0.52

0.94

Recommendation: first review (N=%)

   accept

47

35

<0.001

   reject

10

23

 

   can't decide

43

42

 

Recommendation: final review (after revision)

   accept

65

66

0.47

   reject

10

14

 

   can't decide

25

20

 

Median time to supply review (days) (range)

18 (1–48)

17 (1–64)