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The Peer Review Process
Lori Mullooly
Created on October 4, 2024
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Editor requests revisions
Author Resubmission
Submission Rejected
The Peer Review Process
Author Submission
editor Decision point
Submission Rejected
editor Decision point
Submission is accepted for publication
Reviwers evaluate and make recommendations
The editor may choose to ask the author to revise their submission and resubmit it after changes are made. These changes may be major or minor.
Editor Requests Revisions
An author prepares and submits a manuscript to a journal where it will be looked at by an editor. While manuscripts used to be sent through the mail, today potential articles are submitted electronically.
Author Submission
Even after a submssion is accepted, there is more to be done! Articles must still be copyedited and formatted before publication.
Submission Accepted
When an editor receives a submission, he can make one of two decisions:
Editor Decision Point
- Reject the submission and relay this decision to the author
- Send the article to a group of reviewers for their recommendation
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There may be mutltiple rounds of peer review before a submission is accepted for publication.
After the editor receives the recommendations from the reviewers, he can make one of two decisions:
Editor Decision Point
- Reject the submission and relay this decision to the author
- Ask the author to make revisions and submit the article again
- Accept the article for publication
The reviewers then send recommendations to the editor. Those recommendations could be to publish the article with major or minor revisions, or to reject the article.
A reviewer or group of reviewers ealuate the submission. These individuals would be experts in the same field of study as the author which is why it is called "'peer" review. Sometimes the reviewers are called referees and the article a "refereed article" instead of a "peer-reviewd" article. The reviewers will look at:
Reviewers Evaluate and Make Recommendations
- Whether the research methods are sound and the findings reliable
- If the submission is novel or important in its field of stuidy
- Whether there are bias or ethical issues that need to be resolved
- The quality of the writing and presentation of the submission