Improving
the Peer Review Process with IT
Munir Mandviwalla munir.mandvawalla@temple.edu
Patnayakuni, Ravi r.patnayakuni@uah.edu
Schuff, David david.schuff@temple.edu
Decision Support Systems, forthcoming
Abstract
Peer review is the engine
of scholarship where new knowledge is legitimized. Despite technological
advances in publishing and communication, the process of review has not changed
since it became prevalent over 100 years ago. This paper describes how information technology
can be used to improve the peer review process. Taking a combined design
science and natural science approach, we design and test a prototype system
based on the principles of structured communication. Through an exploratory
study, we find that our proposed system is viewed more favorably by both
authors and reviewers across several dimensions, including fairness,
convenience, and value.