Dataset for "Implicit reporting standards in bibliometric research: what can reviewers' comments tell us about reporting completeness?"

This file contains the data used in the study "Implicit reporting standards in bibliometric research: what can reviewers’ comments tell us about reporting completeness?". This study systematised the reporting of bibliometric research using open peer reviews. We examined 182 peer reviews of 85 bibliometric studies published in library and information science (LIS) journals and conference proceedings, and non-LIS journals. We extracted 968 reviewer comments and inductively classified them into 11 broad thematic categories and 68 sub-categories, determining that reviewers largely focus on the completeness and clarity of reporting data, methods, and results. We subsequently derived 49 recommendations for the details authors should report and compared them with the GLOBAL, PRIBA, and BIBLIO reporting guidelines to identify (dis)similarities in content. This dataset contains the document metadata for the 85 studies involved, the 968 peer reviewer comments, the two levels of qualitative coding assignments, the resulting list of 49 reporting recommendations derived from the peer reviews, and the comparison with the three existing bibliometric reporting guidelines.