Purpose Manuscripts submitted to Academic Medicine (AM) undergo an internal editor
review to determine whether they will be sent for external peer review. Increasingly …

Publishing research can be time consuming, as papers are often submitted and reviewed by
multiple journals before final acceptance. We hypothesized that attaching previous peer …

The purpose of specialized medical journals is to accurately disseminate the results of new
research. The peer-review process is crucial for journals to be able to fulfill this purpose …

The peer review of manuscripts submitted to journals is a form of high-stakes assessment.
The acceptance or rejection of a manuscript can have major consequences for a …

Background. Despite the pivotal role of peer review in the scientific process, there has never
been a formal study of the way in which reviewers' opinions are elicited. This article …

Peer review is key in academic publishing, and rejection (or at least being asked to resubmit
your paper to the journal), is a not uncommon occurrence. However, receiving such rejection …

Publishing manuscripts in the peer-reviewed literature is essential for the advancement of
both science and healthcare. 1 For those who work in academic environments, including …

Background Peer review is assumed to improve the quality of research reports as tools for
scientific communication, yet strong evidence that this outcome is obtained consistently has …

Purpose Scientific journals rely on peer review to maintain the high quality and standards of
papers accepted for publication. The purpose of this study was to explore the strengths and …

Background: Peer reviewers are usually unpaid and their efforts not formally acknowledged.
Some journals have difficulty finding appropriate reviewers able to complete timely reviews …