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Двойното сляпо рецензиране в научната периодика в сферата на хуманитаристиката – аспекти на използването на Publons в България
Double-Blind Peer Review in Scientific Periodicals in the Humanities – Aspects of Publons’ Usage in Bulgaria

Author(s): Asen Kozhuharov, Atanaska Cholakova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Library and Information Science, Library operations and management, Education and training, Sociology, Higher Education , History of Education, Evaluation research, Sociology of the arts, business, education, Scientific Life, Sociology of Education
Published by: Национално издателство за образование и наука „Аз-буки“
Keywords: peer review; scientific publishing; humanities; journalology; Publons; scientific databases

Summary/Abstract: Based on Publons and the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) data, we analyze the state of peer-review procedures' implementation in Bulgarian SSH (Social Sciences and Humanities) scholarly journals. We establish the beginning of Bulgarian journals' transformation and the application of a specific peer-review Bulgarian model in terms of attracting foreign reviewers. At the same time, compared with our neighbouring countries, an apparent abandonment and lack of evaluation procedures' verification is observed. The paper also justifies the need to improve the higher education policy in introducing adequate criteria tracking the status and actual implementation of peer review in scientific periodicals.

  • Issue Year: 29/2021
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 439-457
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Bulgarian