title: Effects of a reviewer-prompting strategy on timely manuscript reviews.
abstract: We studied a reviewer-prompting system designed to improve the timeliness of journal reviews. The prompting system consisted of an e-mail message sent individually to reviewers noting the manuscript number, review due date, and associated social amenities for the timely completion of the task. Our results indicated that the prompting system increased timely reviews.
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas, USA.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caruso
authors.forename: Craig H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008373:Manuscripts as Topic; D010380:Peer Review; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards*; D013997:Time Factors