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Table 1 Characteristics of the 12 Social Sciences and Humanities journals participating in this study

From: Transparency of peer review: a semi-structured interview study with chief editors from social sciences and humanities

Journal

Field*

Publ./Year

Open access

Journal age

Editor tenure

N° of editors in chief

1

H

> 10

yes

> 20

> 20

1

2

H

> 10

no

> 20

> 20

1

3

SSH

> 100

no

> 20

> 20

1

4

SSH

> 20

no

> 50

time-limited

1

5

SS

> 50

no

> 40

< 5

< 5

6

SSH

> 20

no

> 30

> 30

> 5

7

SSH

> 20

yes

> 40

time-limited

< 5

8

SSH

> 200

yes

> 10

> 10

1

9

H

> 20

no

< 10

> 5

1

10

SSH

> 10

yes

> 30

< 5

1

11

H

> 20

no

< 10

> 5

< 5

12

SS

> 50

yes

< 10

> 5

1

  1. * H humanities (literature, philosophy, etc.); SS social science (psychology, sociology, etc.); SSH mixed H and SS (e.g., communication and media)