Table 4.
Comparison of responses between native and non-native English speaking respondents
| |
English as the first language |
English as the second language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Rare/infrequent |
Sometimes |
Frequent/all the time |
Rare/infrequent |
Sometimes |
Frequent/all the time |
Chi squared value |
p value |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||
|
Undesirable experiences |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Personal attacks |
512 (83.8) |
93 (15.2) |
6 (1.0) |
566 (77.7) |
142 (19.5) |
21 (2.9) |
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| Breach of confidentiality |
552 (90.4) |
55 (9.0) |
4 (0.7) |
648 (88.8) |
71 (9.7) |
10 (1.3) |
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| Unauthorised use of articles’ information after rejection of articles |
528 (86.4) |
75 (12.3) |
8 (1.3) |
621 (85.2) |
99 (13.6) |
9 (1.2) |
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| Imposition of unnecessary references |
435 (71.2) |
130 (21.3) |
46 (7.5) |
471 (64.6) |
208 (28.5) |
50 (6.8) |
|
|
| |
Strongly disagree/Disagree |
Neutral |
Strongly agree/Agree |
Strongly disagree/Disagree |
Neutral |
Strongly agree/Agree |
Chi squared value |
p value |
| |
N (%) |
N (%) |
N (%) |
N (%) |
N (%) |
N (%) |
|
|
|
Journal peer review is: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| fair |
122 (19.9) |
169 (27.7) |
320 (52.3) |
182 (25.0) |
218 (29.9) |
329 (45.2) |
7.8 |
0.02* |
| transparent |
276 (45.2) |
172 (28.2) |
163 (26.7) |
334 (45.8) |
221 (30.3) |
174 (23.8) |
1.6 |
0.5 |
| scientific |
158 (25.8) |
184 (30.1) |
269 (44.0) |
146 (20.0) |
215 (29.5) |
368 (50.5) |
7.9 |
0.02* |
| free from interference |
299 (48.9) |
184 (30.1) |
128 (21.0) |
360 (49.4) |
242 (33.2) |
127 (17.5) |
3.2 |
0.2 |
|
Editors should: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| give an article a fair hearing by sending to peer review and avoid personal bias |
109 (17.9) |
207 (33.9) |
295 (48.3) |
135 (18.5) |
299 (41.0) |
295 (40.5) |
9.2 |
0.01* |
| screen for unfair comments |
113 (18.5) |
196 (32.1) |
302 (49.4) |
172 (23.6) |
250 (34.3) |
307 (42.1) |
8.5 |
0.01* |
|
Reviewers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Anonymity of reviewers |
125 (20.5) |
85 (13.9) |
401 (65.6) |
146 (20.0) |
119 (16.3) |
464 (63.7) |
0.5 |
0.5 |
| Not require to declare conflict of interest |
552 (90.4) |
25 (4.1) |
34 (5.6) |
573 (78.6) |
75 (10.3) |
81 (11.1) |
34.5 |
<0.001** |
| Competent in general |
153 (25.1) |
206 (33.7) |
252 (41.2) |
153 (21.0) |
297 (40.7) |
279 (38.3) |
7.5 |
0.02* |
|
Anonymity of authors |
144 (23.6) |
119 (19.5) |
348 (56.9) |
152 (20.8) |
145 (19.9) |
432 (59.3) |
1.4 |
0.5 |
| Appeal system in every journal | 98 (16.0) | 90 (14.7) | 423 (69.3) | 100 (13.7) | 145 (19.9) | 484 (66.4) | 6.7 | 0.04* |
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.