From: Ken Masters <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:46:17 +0400

Hi All

The process described by Dan has been my experience also.  I review
for several journals, and mostly, get sent about 1 or 2 papers per
year from each.  Occasionally, I will get a special request from a
journal if the paper deals with a small area of research and the
editor knows that I have expertise in that field.  (e.g. I recently
reviewed a paper that dealt with a specific type of instruction, at a
specific type of institution, in a particular country).

The journal for which I am editor also has a list of reviewers that I
use regularly.  When they were taken on board, those with whom I had
no or little professional contact submitted CVs, and I use those to
try to select the most appropriate reviewers.  Some are also
inexperienced, and so I try to ensure that there is a balance of
experience.  But I also have to spread the load.  Occasionally,
reviewers will wish to excuse themselves from reviewing - lack of
knowledge, lack of time, or personal knowledge of the authors, etc.
These are all valid reasons. (I have, unfortunately, also had to drop
some reviewers because of poor work).

My list of reviewers is not confidential, in that, when I mail them,
they can all see the others' email addresses.  I guess, though, if
someone else asked to me for my list of reviewers, I would first check
with them - I don't know why they might object, but that would be
their unquestionable choice, surely.

(As a matter of interest, all this reviewing and editing is unpaid work.)

Regards

Ken

Dr. Ken Masters
Asst. Professor: Medical Informatics
Medical Education Unit
College of Medicine & Health Sciences
Sultan Qaboos University
Sultanate of Oman
E-i-C: The Internet Journal of Medical Education


On 19 December 2012 05:24, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Dan Scott <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 09:26:03 +0000
>
> Hi Sandy
>
> Like thousands of other OA journals, we are using Open Journal Systems
> (http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs) which requires all volunteer reviewers and
> authors to register with us. However, this is confidential information and
> we won't be publishing those details. We have a broad spread of both
> nationalities and disciplinary expertise and this is growing all the time,
> but you're right - it is not exhaustive, and when we receive papers for
> which we do not have the appropriate reviewing knowledge, we will look
> externally to ensure that it is done properly.
>
> Kind regards
> DAN
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 22:49:22 -0600
>
> Is there a list of these 100 registered reviewers publicly posted anywhere?
> And why are reviewers "registered" anyway? Normally, a journal goes to find
> the best reviewer anywhere, not just limit the selection to a predetermined
> list.  For a journal that claims to cover all of the social sciences, 100
> would seem to be a severely inadequate number to draw upon.
>
> Sandy Thatcher
>
>
> > From: Dan Scott <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:11:53 +0000
> >
> > Stevan:  A correction: as the press release and our editorial policy
> > make clear, we carry out a full peer review. We also have over 100
> > registered referees.
> >
> > Dan Scott