RGUHS Nat. J. Pub. Heal. Sci Vol No: 16 Issue No: 1 eISSN: pISSN:
Dr. Suchetha A
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Every article needs to be peer reviewed. Peer reviewing is an art and finding reviewers is a herculean, timeconsuming and most challenging tasks as a journal editor. The rapid growth in article submissions means, editors now often have to find ten or more qualified potential reviewers to secure just a couple of reviews. There is a need to find reviewers with the right expertise to assess a submitted article. Peer review is the foundation for safeguarding the quality and integrity of scientific and scholarly research.
The main challenges for a reviewer in peer reviewing are:
- Knowing very well the field to which a certain manuscript belongs.
- Having experience in reviewing manuscripts.
- Having abilities to make reviewer’s remarks clear.
- Having enough time to evaluate the manuscript in depth.
- Obeying the editorial deadline for doing a review.
- Having a strong interest in scholarly journals.
- Being fluent in English.
As Eraldo Banovac said “Re-evaluate your abilities each time when you have been offered to review an article and say no thanks if the topic doesn’t belong to the field of your expertise.” Researchers in their careers start to build their experience in reviewing articles. They also need to be willing to write the review to a deadline, particularly in niche to research fields.
“The expert in anything was once a Beginner."
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