Librarians and information specialists as methodological peer-reviewers: a case-study of the International Journal of Health Governance

Table 5 MPRs’, SPRs’ and editors’ decisions

Manuscript Version	MPR decision (n = 25)	SPR decision (n = 30)	Editor decision	Editor agreed with MPR	Editor agreed with SPR
Manuscript 1 R0	Major	Minor	Major	yes	no
Manuscript 1 R1	Minor	Accept	Minor	yes	no
Manuscript 2 R0		Major/Major	Major
Manuscript 2 R1	Minor	Major/Minor	Minor
Manuscript 2 R2		Minor	Minor
Manuscript 2 R3		Minor	Accept
Manuscript 3 R0	Major	Accept	Major	yes	no
Manuscript 3 R1	Accept	RR/Minor	Minor	no	yes
Manuscript 3 R2	RR	RR	RR
Manuscript 4 R0	Accept/Minor	Minor	Minor
Manuscript 4 R1	Accept	Accept	Accept
Manuscript 5 R0	Minor	Accept	Minor	yes	no
Manuscript 5 R1	Accept		Accept
Manuscript 6 R0	Reject	Major	Reject	yes	no
Manuscript 7 R0	Reject	Accept/Minor	Minor	no	yes
Manuscript 7 R1	RR/RR	Accept/Minor	RR	yes	no
Manuscript 8 R0	Minor		Minor
Manuscript 8 R1	Accept	Major	Minor	no	no
Manuscript 9 R0	Reject	Major/RR	Reject	yes	no
Manuscript 10 R0	Accept	Minor	Minor	no	yes
Manuscript 11 R0	Minor	Accept	Minor	yes	no
Manuscript 12 R0	Major	Major/Minor	Major
Manuscript 12 R1	RR	RR	RR
Manuscript 13 R0	Major/Major	Major	Major
Manuscript 13 R1	Accept	Minor	Accept	yes	no

ISSN: 2058-8615