Journal review
Not everything published in a peer-reviewed journal necessarily undergoes the peer-review process. The journal editors also review the article and, based on their own judgment, knowledge of their readers’ needs, and the recommendations of the peer reviewers, decide whether to publish it.To ensure objectivity, reviewers don’t know who else is reviewing the article. The peer reviewers independently read and evaluate the article and recommend whether it should be published.Withholding the author’s name, the journal editor sends the article to one or more peer reviewers for feedback.The author submits the article to a journal for publication.
Journal review professional#
An author writes an article to disseminate research or professional practice.3 To summarize, here are the steps in the peer-review process: The reviewers may recommend that the submitted article be published as is, returned to the author for revisions, then reconsidered for publication, or rejected for publication. The process is “blind.” In other words, the reviewers don’t know who the author is and vice versa. When an author submits an article to a peer-reviewed journal, the journal editor asks several of the author’s peers (sometimes called referees) to evaluate the article, not only for clarity of communication, but also for scientific validity. With peer review, articles authored by specialists in a field are judged by their peers-other specialists in the field. The purpose of peer review is to provide sound, up-to-date scientific information. What’s the peer-review process, what sets peer-reviewed journals apart, and how can you identify these journals? Let’s take a closer look. The peer-review process isn’t specific to medicine and nursing other disciplines and professions also use it in the publication process. 1,2 Peer-reviewed journals may also be called refereed journals or juried journals. Peer review, a hallmark of scholarly literature, is a process designed to present the best evidence for practice. Let’s take a closer look at what the peer-review process is, what sets peer-reviewed journals apart, and how you can identify these journals.īy: Rose Guerrieri, MLIS, RN, Library Director and Assistant Professor, Kent State University Trumbull Campus, Warren, OH