Table 5 Mixed-effects linear model on the subjectivity of the review reports
From: The effect of publishing peer review reports on referee behavior in five scholarly journals
Fixed effects | Estimate | Std. error | DF | t-value | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Intercept) | 0.474 | 0.009 | 88.259 | 50.168 | <0.001 |
Open review | −0.004 | 0.006 | 14,882.815 | −0.714 | 0.475 |
Recommendation: Major revisions | −0.001 | 0.002 | 15,358.303 | −0.495 | 0.621 |
Recommendation: Minor revisions | −0.009 | 0.002 | 15,181.168 | −5.117 | <0.001 |
Recommendation: Accept | 0.016 | 0.003 | 15,355.360 | 4.802 | <0.001 |
log (report length) | −0.003 | 0.001 | 12,093.818 | −2.943 | 0.003 |
Status: Other | 0.013 | 0.004 | 15,269.542 | 3.190 | 0.001 |
Status: Dr | −0.000 | 0.002 | 15,323.657 | −0.017 | 0.987 |
Gender: Male | −0.003 | 0.004 | 15,358.678 | −0.911 | 0.362 |
Gender: Uncertain | −0.006 | 0.004 | 15,354.994 | −1.523 | 0.128 |
Year | 0.001 | 0.001 | 7472.727 | 2.592 | 0.010 |
Open review × Status: Other | −0.015 | 0.006 | 15,216.244 | −2.708 | 0.007 |
Open review × Status: Dr | 0.000 | 0.003 | 15,305.227 | 0.151 | 0.880 |
Open review × Gender: Male | 0.001 | 0.005 | 15,367.995 | 0.216 | 0.829 |
Open review × Gender: Uncertain | 0.006 | 0.005 | 15,370.099 | 1.042 | 0.297 |
Std. Dev. of random effects: | |||||
Submission (intercept) | 0.018 | ||||
Journal (intercept) | 0.010 | ||||
Residual | 0.083 | ||||
No. of observations | 15,387.0 | ||||
Log likelihood | 15,985.5 | ||||
AIC | −31,970.9 | ||||
