Dr. The Peer Review Process - a Tutorial

Abstract

Peer reviewers plays a crucial for scientific journals today. The review process is a critical view on the submitted work and should be evaluated by peers within the same scientific area. The experts perform this task outside normal working hours and will typically receive no compensation. The task is to improve the articles’ quality prior to publication. The objective of this tutorial is to describe the peer reviewer process and provide a practical framework for current and future peer reviewers.

Keywords

• Peer review
• role extension
• author guidelines