Signals are an important part of the JoPP peer review process. They are intended to widen the scope of publishable articles by placing the reputational cost of publishing an imperfect article on authors, rather than on the journal.
Please note:
Positive signal = 1, negative signal = 0, positive/negative signal = 0.5
Only signals marked with a “*” are used to calculate the JoPP Signal.
Objective categories
Activist: 1/3
Article proposes a critique of a policy or practice with specific action proposals or suggestions.
Academic: 3/3*
Article follows conventions of academic research article — e.g. position in literature, cited sources, and claimed contribution.
Prospective: 0/3
Article is based on developments that have not yet occurred.
Formalised: 0/3
Article is based on formal logic or mathematical technique.
Language quality: 3/3*
Standard of English expression in article is excellent.
Subjective categories
Scope of debate: 1/3
Article addresses an issue which is widely known and debated.
Comprehensiveness: 3/3*
Most related sources are mentioned in article [this is an invitation to careful selection rather than a demonstration of prowess in citation collection — i.e. apt and representative choices made in source citations.
Logical flow: 3/3*
Ideas are well organised in article.
Originality: 3/3*
The argument presented in article is new.
Review impact: 3/3
The article has been significantly changed as a result of the review process
Commendations
Reviewers indicate their appreciation of the article in the form of a 50 word statement.
Reviewer A
This is an important, nuanced rethinking of ‘consensus’ in Wikipedia and brings together the political theories of Mouffe and with Drucker’s work on interfaces in novel and exciting ways.
Reviewer B
The article presents a compelling argument for the need to reimagine Wikipedias’ politics of consensus (and dissensus) in Wikipedia. It is theoretically strong and empirically rich. The article is accompanied by a fictional piece that persuasively illustrates the complexity of policymaking in Wikipedia.
Reviewer C
This is a well written article on a timely topic. Consensus-building mechanisms and processes have been studied for a long time, but the informal outcomes and procedures resulting from the enactment of the formal mechanisms of consensus-making less so. The paper is a useful theoretical contribution with possible practical impact, too.