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Cartoon by Nick D Kim, strange-matter Maria Kowalczuk, PhD

C onducting thorough and efficient peer review ‘Dos and don’ts of peer review’. Cartoon by Nick D Kim, strange-matter.net Maria Kowalczuk, PhD Deputy Biology Editor, BioMed Central. How do you know you have the right reviewers?.

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Cartoon by Nick D Kim, strange-matter Maria Kowalczuk, PhD

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  1. Conductingthorough and efficient peer review ‘Dos and don’ts of peer review’ Cartoon by Nick D Kim, strange-matter.net Maria Kowalczuk, PhD Deputy Biology Editor, BioMed Central

  2. How do you know you have the right reviewers? • Between them, they cover all aspects of the manuscript (subject area, methods, stats) • They don’t have an obvious conflict of interest (recently published with the authors, same inst.) • Not all have been suggested by the authors

  3. Author-suggested reviewers

  4. Author-suggested reviewers are positively biased • the quality of their reports is as good as the quality of editor-chosen reviewers, but • they are much more likely to recommend acceptance, and much less likely to recommend rejection. JAMA. 2006 Jan 18;295(3):314-7. SchroterS, Tite L, Hutchings A, Black N. BMC Medicine2006 May 30;4:13. Wager E, Parkin EC, Tamber PS. PLoSOne. 2010 Oct 14;5(10):e13345. BornmannL, Daniel HD.

  5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed

  6. http://hgserver2.amc.nl/cgi-bin/miner/miner2.cgi

  7. http://scholar.google.co.uk/

  8. http://biosemantics.org/jane/

  9. A good referee • Provides a timely, objective and thorough report • Admits what aspects of the manuscriptthey are able to comment on • Doesn’t move the goalposts • Provides constructive criticism • Declares any conflicts of interest and ethical issues in confidential comments

  10. What to do when referees disagree • Find out why – difference in expertise, seniority, potential conflicts. • Are the concerns addressable? • Get a third referee • Ask an Advisor to adjudicate

  11. Decisions on one report • Last resort - you can’t get more reviews in reasonable time • The referee has commented on all aspects of the manuscript • You trust the referee – senior, has published recently on the topic

  12. Resources (1) • Editors’ Tools http://www.biomedcentral.com/editors/editorstools • Tools to find reviewers: • PubMed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed), • PubReMiner(http://hgserver2.amc.nl/cgi-bin/miner/miner2.cgi), • Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.co.uk), • JANE (http://biosemantics.org/jane/) • BMC Editorial Policies http://www.biomedcentral.com/about/editorialpolicies

  13. Resources (2) • COPE resources (http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines), • COPE ethical guidelines for reviewers (http://publicationethics.org/files/Ethical_guidelines_for_peer_reviewers_0.pdf), • Code of Conduct for Editors-in-Chief of journals published by BioMed Central (http://www.biomedcentral.com/editors/codeofconduct). • Biology and Medical Editors (http://www.biomedcentral.com/authors/biomededitors)

  14. Thank you! Maria Kowalczuk, PhD Deputy Biology Editor, BioMed Central Maria.Kowalczuk@biomedcentral.com

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