فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

In the current competitive academic world, publishing papers in prestigious journals is of great significance to scholars, and one of the main elements in ensuring the quality of submitted manuscripts is peer review. The fate of manuscripts largely depends on the final review reports provided by the reviewers. Research has investigated peer review from different aspects. However, a comprehensive account of all the studies in this regard, especially within the field of applied linguistics and focusing on authentic blind peer review reports, is missing. Accordingly, this scoping study aimed to provide a clear picture of existing research on peer review in applied linguistics. To this end, following Arksey and O’Malley’s (2005) scoping review guidelines, a total of 33 studies were examined to assess their scope, addressed themes, and methodological trends. The results revealed that these studies were published between 2004 and 2024, in 27 outlets, originated from 15 countries, and mainly focused on single-journal contexts. The main themes investigated in these studies were comparative analyses, pragmatics, comment focus, genre structure, metadiscourse, and association, with comparative analyses being the most frequent. In terms of methodological traits, most studies were qualitative and descriptive. This review can benefit authors, reviewers, and editors by clarifying the current status of research on peer review and providing a foundation for future research on peer review practices.