Table 5 Comparison of responses among basic scientists, clinicians and clinician-scientists
Basic scientists | Clinicians | Clinicians scientists | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rare /infrequent | Sometimes | Frequent/all the time | Rare/infrequent | Sometimes | Frequent/all the time | Rare/infrequent | Sometimes | Frequent/all the time | p value | |
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
Undesirable experiences | ||||||||||
Personal attacks | 442 (78.9) | 100 (17.9) | 18 (3.2) | 439 (85.1) | 74 (14.3) | 3 (0.6) | 197 (74.6) | 61 (23.1) | 6 (2.3) | 0.001** |
Breach of confidentiality | 499 (89.1) | 56 (10.0) | 5 (0.9) | 484 (93.8) | 28 (5.4) | 4 (0.8) | 217 (82.2) | 42 (15.9) | 5 (1.9) | <0.001** |
Unauthorised use of articles’ information after rejection of articles | 485 (86.6) | 71 (12.7) | 4 (0.7) | 458 (88.8) | 50 (9.7) | 8 (1.6) | 206 (78.0) | 53 (20.1) | 5 (1.9) | 0.001** |
Imposition of unnecessary references | 363 (64.8) | 154 (27.5) | 43 (7.7) | 389 (74.5) | 99 (19.2) | 28 (5.4) | 154 (58.3) | 85 (32.2) | 25 (9.5) | <0.001** |
Strongly disagree/Disagree | Neutral | Strongly agree/Agree | Strongly disagree/Disagree | Neutral | Strongly agree/Agree | Strongly disagree/Disagree | Neutral | Strongly agree/Agree | p value | |
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
Journal peer review is: | ||||||||||
fair | 137 (24.5) | 166 (29.6) | 257 (45.9) | 97 (18.1) | 137 (26.6) | 282 (54.7) | 70 (26.5) | 84 (31.8) | 110 (41.7) | 0.004** |
transparent | 250 (44.6) | 176 (31.4) | 134 (23.9) | 225 (43.6) | 152 (29.5) | 139 (26.9) | 135 (51.1) | 65 (24.6) | 64 (24.2) | 0.2 |
scientific | 117 (20.9) | 167 (29.8) | 276 (49.3) | 119 (23.1) | 152 (29.5) | 245 (47.5) | 68 (25.8) | 80 (30.3) | 116 (43.9) | 0.6 |
free from interference | 283 (50.5) | 179 (32.0 | 98 (17.5) | 228 (44.2) | 167 (32.4) | 121 (23.4) | 148 (56.1) | 80 (30.3) | 36 (13.6) | 0.004** |
Anonymity of authors | 138 (24.6) | 115 (20.5) | 307 (54.8) | 89 (17.2) | 99 (19.2) | 328 (63.6) | 69 (26.1) | 50 (18.9) | 145 (54.9) | 0.009** |
Appeal system in every journal | 93 (16.6) | 100 (17.9) | 367 (65.5) | 74 (14.3) | 95 (18.4) | 347 (67.2) | 31 (11.7) | 40 (15.2) | 193 (73.1) | 0.2 |