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Peer Review and the Editorial Process
Author(s) -
Landauer Ali A.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0819-5331
DOI - 10.1080/09595238780000191
Subject(s) - presentation (obstetrics) , peer review , convention , process (computing) , engineering ethics , minor (academic) , computer science , style (visual arts) , work (physics) , psychology , law , political science , medicine , engineering , history , archaeology , radiology , operating system , mechanical engineering
Peer reviewers are selected because they are experts in the area with which the manuscript deals. These referees evaluate the submission and give an opinion to the editor. In either accepting or rejecting a manuscript the editor and peer reviewers are guided by a number of principles. These include that ethical standards are maintained; that the experimental design is accurate; that the research is original, not too trivial and that the work of others is properly acknowledge; that the results are correctly interpreted; that style, presentation and the way references are cited and listed follows the convention of the journal; and that the stylistic qualities of the manuscript are improved, thus making the article intelligible to the non‐expert. The good referee will evaluate the manuscript promptly and will usually recommend one of the following alternatives: acceptance, acceptance with minor modifications, resubmission after major modifications, or rejection.