About Peer Review Policy
EBSCO Publishing Peer Review Policy
I. Introduction:
In order to consistently assign peer-review status to titles on our products, EBSCO Publishing has established the following guidelines for assigning peer-review.
II. Definition of peer-review.
Peer-review is defined by EBSCO Publishing as:
- Blind Peer-Review - articles appearing in a journal are sent outside of the journal's publishing or sponsoring organization for review by external reviewer(s) who are unaware of the author's identity.
- Editorial Board Peer-Review - articles appearing in a journal are reviewed by an internal board of editors and not solely by one editor. Author's identity is known or unknown.
- Expert Peer-Review - articles appearing in a journal are reviewed by experts (either internal or external to the journal) whose credentials are known and are experts within the subject matter of the article under review. Author's identity is known or unknown.
III. Information sources used.
EBSCO uses the following tools to identify peer reviewed journals:
- The Serials Directory, an online directory of serials with descriptions
- The publisher of the journal
- Feedback from librarians and professors
- EBSCO Publishing staff librarians
U.S. & Canada