Take-home Points
| Take-home Points . |
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| • Peer review should serve as a screen before publication and improve the submitted work |
| • Good peer reviewers should have expertise, professionalism, and critical skill |
| • To perform a peer review: o First determine if you are the right person for the review o Read the article once without making notes o Read the article again with notation ▪ Evaluate significance, clarity, approach, and presentation ▪ Refer to reporting guidelines where applicable o Write a structured review ▪ Assemble a brief summary of the work ▪ Review by section, with particular attention to methodology and appropriateness of the conclusions ▪ Note major and minor critiques, including references to the text when possible o Give your recommendation on disposition as well as any ethical concerns in the confidential comments to the editor |
| • Peer review cannot detect all errors or outright fraud, but it can improve the published literature |
| Take-home Points . |
|---|
| • Peer review should serve as a screen before publication and improve the submitted work |
| • Good peer reviewers should have expertise, professionalism, and critical skill |
| • To perform a peer review: o First determine if you are the right person for the review o Read the article once without making notes o Read the article again with notation ▪ Evaluate significance, clarity, approach, and presentation ▪ Refer to reporting guidelines where applicable o Write a structured review ▪ Assemble a brief summary of the work ▪ Review by section, with particular attention to methodology and appropriateness of the conclusions ▪ Note major and minor critiques, including references to the text when possible o Give your recommendation on disposition as well as any ethical concerns in the confidential comments to the editor |
| • Peer review cannot detect all errors or outright fraud, but it can improve the published literature |