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Peer Review
Review policies should be clearly described on your journal’s website, generally within the About the Journal and Sections areas of Journal Settings This link will take you to an external website in a new tab..
As stated in the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing This link will take you to an external website in a new tab.:
Journal content must be clearly marked as whether peer-reviewed or not. Peer review is defined as obtaining advice on individual manuscripts from reviewers and experts in the field who are not part of the journal's editorial staff. This process, as well as any policies related to the journal's peer review procedures, shall be clearly described on the journal's Web site, including the method of peer review used. Journal websites should not guarantee manuscript acceptance or very short peer review times.
When creating your journal’s peer review policy, you may want to consult the following resources:
- Peer Review Nuts and Bolts This link will take you to an external website in a new tab. (Sense About Science)
- Peer Review processes This link will take you to an external website in a new tab. (Committee on Publication Ethics)
- Reviewing tips and best practices This link will take you to an external website in a new tab. (Wiley)
Reviewer and Author Resources
The PKP provides documentation related to peer review for reviewers This link will take you to an external website in a new tab. and authors This link will take you to an external website in a new tab., in addition to the PKP School’s free Becoming a Reviewer This link will take you to an external website in a new tab. online course. You are welcome to refer others to this information and/or link to it from your journal’s website.
You may also wish to refer authors to the following resources and/or link to these on your journal’s website:
- Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers This link will open a PDF file from an external website in a new tab. (Committee on Publication Ethics)
- Anti-Racist Scholarly Reviewing Practices This link will take you to an external website in a new tab.
- How to Write a Peer Review This link will take you to an external website in a new tab. (Publons)