The Journal of Peer Production - New perspectives on the implications of peer production for social change New perspectives on the implications of peer production for social change
Signals (Plan C – Makers’ response to COVID-19) image

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: 2/2

Article proposes a critique of a policy or practice with specific action proposals or suggestions.

Academic: 2/2*

Article follows conventions of academic research article — e.g. position in literature, cited sources, and claimed contribution.

Prospective: 0/2

Article is based on developments that have not yet occurred.

Formalised: 0/2

Article is based on formal logic or mathematical technique.

Language quality: 2/2

Standard of English expression in article is excellent.

Subjective categories

Scope of debate: 2/2

Article addresses an issue which is widely known and debated.

Comprehensiveness: 2/2*

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: 2/2*

Ideas are well organised in article.

Originality: 2/2*

The argument presented in article is new.

Review impact: 2/2

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

The article has substantially changed in this new version. The theoretical review has an important value in gathering recent literature on civic reaction to COVID-19. Results are now better organized, and the writing flows in each section. However, enhancing the paper’s clarity has supposed to lose the theoretical proposal, which was more edgy and original in the previous version. The solidity of the methods is a bit weak, and the author does not explain their limitations adequately.

Reviewer B

While on the long side, the article has definitely improved following review. The literature review is comprehensive. That said, earlier comments regarding the generalisability of the cases retain currency.