A simulation model based on parallel systems is established, aiming to explore the relation between the number of submissions and the overall standard of academic journals within a similar discipline under peer review. The model can effectively simulate the submission, review, and acceptance behaviors of academic journals in a distributed manner. According to the simulation experiments, it could possibly happen that the overall standard of academic journals deteriorates due to excessive submissions.
@article{arxiv.1806.00287,
title = {On Performance of Peer Review for Academic Journals: Analysis Based on Distributed Parallel System},
author = {Zong-Yuan Tan and Ning Cai and Jian Zhou and Sheng-Guo Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.00287},
year = {2019}
}
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This paper is already published in the journal IEEE Access and its copyright is fully open. The title was adjusted according to the review comments