Topic | Topics recommended to be researched | Difficulty | Priority |
---|---|---|---|
 Role of editors in peer review | Justifications for editorial decisions | Medium | High |
Factors that affect editorial quality, impartiality and their impact | Medium | High | |
How editors select reviewers | Medium | Medium | |
Impact of reviewer selection on relationships with editors and authors | Hard | Medium | |
Editorial competencies and motivations for decisions | Medium | High | |
Impact of decisions on epistemic diversity | Hard | High | |
Editorial conflicts of interest and relationships with other parties | Easy | High | |
Extent of editorial misconduct | Hard | High | |
Influence of reviewer recommendations on editorial decisions | Medium | Medium | |
Impact of editors’ careers on their scientific career | Medium | Low | |
 Role of reviewers in peer review | Factors that affect reviewer impartiality and their impact | Medium | High |
Reviewer conflicts of interest and relationships with other parties | Easy | Medium | |
Reviewer competencies and motivations | Easy | High | |
Factors that affect inter-reviewer reliability | Medium | Medium | |
Extent of peer review misconduct | Medium | High | |
Expectations for reviewers | Easy | High | |
Impact of incentives for reviewers | Medium | Low | |
Conformation of reviewers to journal policies | Medium | Low | |
Extent to which anonymity is compromised | Hard | Medium | |
How do notions of expertise affect reviewer behaviour | Hard | Medium | |
Impact of reviewing on scientific careers of reviewers | Medium | Low | |
 Role of authors in peer review | Impact of author recommendations on reviews and reviewers | Medium | Medium |
 Functionality and quality of peer review | What peer review actually is and does | Medium | High |
How does peer review impact scientific discourse | Hard | High | |
Relationship between peer review and journal quality | Medium | Medium | |
Are there cases where peer review is redundant | Medium | Medium | |
Reproducibility of peer review | Hard | High | |
The development and impact of peer review standards | Medium | High | |
 Social and epistemic impacts of peer review | Homogeneity and centralisation of reviewer pools | Medium | High |
Epistemic diversity of peer review | Hard | High | |
Impact of peer review on innovation or conservatism | Hard | High | |
Peer review as a vehicle for disseminating prestige | Hard | High | |
 Type of peer review | Factors influencing the choice of peer review type | Medium | High |
Influence of peer review type on quality of review and potential misconduct | Medium | High | |
Do micro-publications impact reviewer engagement | Medium | Low | |
Is interactive peer review more effective | Medium | Medium | |
How have/will preprints impact peer review | Medium | Medium | |
Are overlay journals/services more effective | Medium | Medium | |
Which OPR services do researchers prefer | Easy | Medium | |
What measures can incentivise OPR | Medium | Medium | |
Researcher attitudes towards OPR | Easy | High | |
Researcher attitudes towards OPR for non-traditional outputs | Easy | Medium | |
The impact of OPR on participant diversity | Medium | High | |
The impact of blinding on biases and review quality | Medium | High | |
Impact of open review reports | Hard | High | |
Impact of review type on careers of reviewers | Medium | Medium |