Peer Review Process for Academic Journals

The peer review process

The peer-review process can be broadly summarized into 10 steps, although these steps can vary slightly between journals.

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* 1. People become reviewers for a number of reasons. Which one of the following is NOT typically a motivation to review:

Increase knowledge

develop relationship with others

enhance their CV

receive a financial remuneration

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* 2. John is a reviewer with a respected journal in his field and enjoys the contribution he is making to its success. However, he has recently taken on an increased teaching load and additional committee work at his university and is having trouble keeping on top of all of his responsibilities, including family life. Today, a request to do a review came in and he feels overwhelmed and unsure he can complete it by the deadline, but hates to refuse. What should he do?

Accept the review and find the time to do it.

Accept the review even though he knows he will miss the deadline.

Decline the review and consider how his schedule looks when asked again.

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* 3. If you have doubts about the data analysis in a manuscript you are reviewing, should you share a copy with some of your colleagues who have more experience with this particular methodology?

Yes

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* 4. As a reviewer, it is important that you provide as much detail as you can in your comments to explain your concerns and to help guide the author to making improvements. The author should not have to guess at what you mean.

Yes

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* 5. In this video, Dr Elina Tuulikki Jaakkola from the University of Turku explains the benefits she gets from being a reviewer. Select ONE of the benefits she mentioned in the interview.

Reviewing helps you increase knowledge of the latest work in their field, learning more about what good (and bad) writing looks like, developing relationships with others in the discipline, and providing an important addition to a CV.

Reviewing for a journal is an important contribution to your discipline because you get involved in the peer-review process

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* 6. Which of the following is NOT a particular area to pay attention to while reviewing a manuscript?

Title – does it reflect the body of the work?

Abstract – is it clear and does it accurately summarize the work?

Language – is it clear and understandable?

Methods – is the methodology appropriate for the work?

Statistics – do the statistics appear accurate? Are there any errors in the calculations?

Results – do these reflect the findings as described by the methodology?

Conclusion – is it clear and provide an accurate summary?

Author - who is the author?

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* 7. Watch this 5-minute video. Which of the following information is NOT mentioned in the video?

Walk through the steps reviewers must take to complete the review

How to log in using one of the reviewer accounts you assigned to do a review

How to select one of the recommendations for the manuscript you read

How to email directly to the author of the article that you are assigned to review

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* 8. Here is an example of a sample review for a manuscript. Which reviewer did provide helpful reviews to the author?

A & C

A, B, C

A & B