Global Health Action at 15 – revisiting its rationale

Figures & data

Figure 1. Number of submitted and accepted papers 2008–20

Table 1. Agreement between post-reviewers and Global Health Action editors

Post-reviewer	Suggestion by reviewer	Decision by GHA		Total	Agreement	Cohen´s Kappa
		Desk reject	Send for review
I	Desk reject	21	15	36	56%	0.12
	Send for review	29	35	64
	Total	50	50	100
II	Desk reject	38	24	62	64%	0.28
	Send for review	12	26	38
	Total	50	50	100
III	Desk reject	40	20	60	70%	0.40
	Send for review	10	30	40
	Total	50	50	100

Table 2. Decision outcomes for calculating sensitivity and specificity

Journal initial decision	Three reviewers disagree	Two reviewers disagree	Two reviewers agree	Three reviewers agree	Total
In-house reject	4	8	22	16	50
Send for review	4	12	23	11	50
Total	8	20	45	27	100

Figure 2. Summary of the validity study in terms of true (TP, TN) and false (FP, FN) positives and negatives

Figure 3. Agreement between post-reviewers´ decisions and final decision outcomes for the 50 papers sent for external peer review