Introduction to Peer Review

RES MEDICA

What is Peer Review

Evaluation of work by

professionals in the same field to

enhance the quality of work.
There are three possible

Unconditional
acceptance

Possible
outcomes

outcomes from peer review:

Conditional
Acceptance

Rejection

Peer review process in Res Medica

Questionnaires
Have you completed the pre-training questionnaire?

If not please do this before proceeding.

Post-training questionnaire
Will not be able to review articles until you have

completed both questionnaires

How long will it take to review a 2000 word paper?

15-30 minutes
2-3 hours
5-10 hours
24-48 hours

Blinding
All articles are double blinded:

Author does not know who is reviewing the article

Reviewer does not know who the author isr

General Principles
The main aim of peer review is to improve what we publish
Be courteous and constructive
Maintain confidentiality
Keep to deadlines
Declare competing interests
Remember you are advising us: well decide what to do

Dates
We will begin issuing articles for review from

17/4/14
We expect to have received your review within two

weeks of sending the article

If you are going to miss the two week deadline let us

know as soon as possible

Questions
We will be holding Q&A sessions on Skype (skype

adress) at the following times:

Saturday 5/4/14 09:00 GMT

Monday 21/4/14 19:oo GMT

If you are unable to make this session or have any

other questions you can e-mail:

E-mail address

Thank You
We appreciate you signing up to be junior reviewers
We hope you enjoy the process and learn something

new
All feedback is appreciated so please contact us with

any opinions you have

editor@royalmedical.co.uk