Towards a Sustainable Publication Environment: A Quantitative Exploration of the Ethical Implications of Reviewer Conduct Across Academic Communities

This dataset contains responses from a survey investigating the influence of reviewer conduct (mood, reviewer availability and responsiveness, and feedback clarity) on manuscript evaluation. timely publication, and publication outcomes. Participants included authors, reviewers, and editors from diverse academic disciplines and regions. The dataset includes coded responses to a structured questionnaire, along with a codebook mapping variable names to the corresponding survey items and response scales. All data are anonymised with no personally identifiable information and are intended to support transparency, reproducibility, and further research on peer review processes and scholarly publishing practices.