Peer Review Panels - Portal for Open Science

The Scholarly Publishing Unit carries out peer review and associated quality audits of all South African research journals in 5-year cycles. This is done in relation to groups of titles sharing a particular broad disciplinary focus in order to make recommendations for improved functioning of each journal in the national and international system.

The periodic, grouped, quality assurance-directed peer review of South African research/scholarly periodicals focuses on: the quality of editorial and review processes; fitness of purpose; positioning in the global cycle of new and old journals listed and indexed in databases; financial sustainability; and scope and size issues. The reports are released to the publishers and editors of the journals concerned, as well as other stakeholders such as national associations, the Departments of Science and Technology and of Higher Education and Training, the Council on Higher Education (CHE) / Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC), the National Research Foundation (NRF) and Universities South Africa (USAF), and all research-active institutions.

Peer Review Process Guidelines and Criteria

Reports in the following subject fields have been completed Agricultural and Basic Life Sciences; Law; Health; Social Sciences; Religion and Theology; Humanities Part 1, Classics, Literature and Language; ABEE; Humanities II: Visual and Performing Arts; Communication and Information Sciences; Education; History, Philosophy and Politics; Mathematics and Science; Economics and Business Management; and Other Disciplines.

Social Sciences and Related Fields/ Click here to view the panel list

Agricultural and Related Basic Life Sciences / Click here to view the panel list

Religion, Theology and Related Fields / Click here to view the panel list

Health Sciences and Related Medical Fields / Click here to view the panel list

Law and Related Legal Fields / Click here to view the panel list / Forum of Law Editors – Guidelines

Humanities 1: Classics, Literature and Languages / Click here to view the panel list

Architecture, Built Environment and Engineering / Click here to view the panel list

Humanities II: Visual and Performing Arts / Click here to view the panel list

Communication and Information Sciences / Click here to view the panel list

Education / Click here to view panel list

History, Philosophy and Politics / Click here to view panel list

Mathematics and Science / Click here to view panel list