Peer review process is the system used to assess the quality of a manuscript before it is published online. Independent professionals/experts/researchers in the relevant research area are subjected to assess the submitted manuscripts for originality, validity and significance to help editors determine whether a manuscript should be published in their journal.
This Peer review process helps in validating the research works, establish a method by which it can be evaluated and increase networking possibilities within research communities. Despite criticisms, peer review is still the only widely accepted method for research validation
1. Peer Review Process
Introduction to peer review
What is Peer Review Process?
Peer review process is the system used to assess the quality of a
manuscript before it is published online. Independent
professionals/experts/researchers in the relevant research area
are subjected to assess the submitted manuscripts for originality,
validity and significance to help editors determine whether a
manuscript should be published in their journal.
This Peer review process helps in validating the research works,
establish a method by which it can be evaluated and increase
networking possibilities within research communities. Despite
criticisms, peer review is still the only widely accepted method for
research validation
Only the articles that meet good scientific standards,
explanations, records and proofs of their work presented with
Bibliographic reasoning (e.g., acknowledge and build upon other
work in the field, rely on logical reasoning and well-designed
studies, back up claims with evidence etc.) are accepted for
publication in the Journal.
2. Peer Review Process
Types of Peer Review Process
Single Blind
In a single-blind peer review process, authors are unaware of who
reviewed their paper, but reviewers are aware of the authors’
identity. While this method serves to reduce chances of bias or
conflict of interest, there is a possibility that making the author’s
identity known could influence the review.
Double Blind
3. In a double-blind peer review both the author and peer reviewers
are not aware of each other’s identity. Peer-reviewed articles
provide a trusted form of scientific communication as it is
scrutinized only based on the content provided irrespective of the
submitted person or the area of submission.
There is also another type of Review process:
Many journals have adopted even open peer review. In this
model, the author's and reviewers' identities are known to each
other.
What We follow?
We generally follow Double blind peer review process, in which
both the authors and the editors who are going to review the
papers submitted and approve for publication are unaware of
each other’s identity. In this Process the Managing Director of the
journal assigns the articles, received from the researchers to the
Reviewers along with an Electronic review form, in which the
Reviewers are initially supposed to check the scope of the
manuscript whether fits to the journal or not then, they need to
fill the form of a questionnaire and at the end they will provide
their comments or any suggestions/edits in the paper (if required)
(sometimes may ask for the results that they have got with
proofs) to approve the manuscript for publication in the journal.
This forms the basis for deciding whether the work should be
4. accepted, considered acceptable with revisions, or rejected.
Submissions with serious failings will be rejected, though they can
be re-submitted once they have been thoroughly revised.
If a work is rejected, this does not necessarily mean it is of poor
quality. A paper may also be rejected because it doesn't fall within
the journal's area of specialization or because it doesn't meet the
high standards of novelty and originality required by the journal in
question.
The journal will publish the paper if the reviewer suggests only
minor edits but before that the author is asked to make those
corrections.
How Does It Work?
For authors, peer review policy provides a patina of respectability
on their work. A scientist who publishes in his field's most
prestigious journal gets to bask in the glow of the publication's
reputation. He may get called for more interviews and may have
future research viewed more favorably by funding bodies.
For journal editors, peer review informs their decision-making
process. An editor can publish a paper with much greater
confidence if he knows that paper has been thoroughly vetted by
a team of qualified referees. The editor's management of the
peer-review process is directly related to the reputation of the
5. journal. If he consistently selects papers of the highest quality, he
will enhance the reputation of his journal. If, on the other hand,
he allows the occasional substandard paper to be published, he
can erode the journal's credibility.
For other Readers, peer review process acts as a mechanism to
help prioritize what they read. By focusing only peer reviewed
journals in their field, a reader can assume they are reading the
most important papers of the highest quality. It's sort of like using
the New York Times bestseller list to determine which novel
you're going to read next.
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