Essays
Best peer reviewers and the quality of peer review in biomedical journals
Armen Yuri Gasparyan
orcid.org/0000-0001-8749-6018
; Departments of Rheumatology and Research and Development, Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust (A Teaching Trust of University of Birmingham, UK), Clinical Research Unit, Russell’s Hall Hospital, Dudley, United Kingdom
George D. Kitas
; Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Abstract
Abstract Current scholarly publications heavily rely on
high quality peer review. Peer review, albeit imperfect, is
aimed at improving science writing and editing. Evidence
supporting peer review as a guarantor of the quality of biomedical
publications is currently lacking. Its outcomes are
largely dependent on the credentials of the reviewers. Several
lines of evidence suggest that predictors of the best
contributors to the process include affiliation to a good
University and proper research training. Though the options
to further improve peer review are currently limited,
experts are in favor of formal education and courses on
peer review for all contributors to this process. Long-term
studies are warranted to assess the strengths and weaknesses
of this approach.
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86027
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Publication date:
15.8.2012.
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