How to peer review

DAVID MOHER, ALEJANDRO R JADAD

Peer review is an activity central to increasing the quality of communication in
the health sciences, but almost no formal or standardised training for peer
reviewers exists. In this chapter we provide a series of practical tips on how
to peer review a manuscript and write the report based on the evidence from
published research that is summarised elsewhere in this book, and on our
combined experience of reviewing for approximately 30 journals. Overall, we
believe that the best way to increase the quality of peer reviewing would be to
conduct such reviews based on up to date evidence – an approach we call
evidence-based peer review. Download the article