Now You Be the Judge

[摘要] In a previous article (1) I presented reasons why you should say yes when asked to serve as a peer reviewer. I hope I was able to convince you of the benefits of serving as a peer reviewer and you have accepted an invitation to evaluate a manuscript. Now what do you do? Since you might be blaming me for getting you into this situation, it is the least I can do to provide you with resources and advice on how to review the submitted manuscript. So, in this article I will focus on questions to be answered and information to be gathered as you read the manuscript. In the next article in this series, I will discuss how to write the actual review. I want to emphasize that although I present here what I believe is a good approach, I encourage you to look at the advice of others (2–9), not only because these articles will complement the information that I present but also because you will find important commonalities on how to perform a fair and thorough review of a manuscript.The first step in the process is to learn what the journal wants. Many journals have general or specific guidelines for reviewers that inform peer reviewers of the criteria the journal uses in making decisions regarding publication, factors to be considered when reviewing a manuscript for that journal, the journal's conflict-of-interest policy, and even questions the reviewer should answer when writing the final review. These guidelines are often published as online documents available on the journal's website, so even if you have not received specific instructions from the journal, take a few minutes to educate yourself about the requesting journal's policies and how they want the review to be written. Remember, as a peer reviewer …

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