Open AccessTHE PEER REVIEW PROCESS IN ASIA
Author(s) -
S. Ahmed,
Benzeeta Pinto
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
central asian journal of medical hypotheses and ethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2708-9800
DOI - 10.47316/cajmhe.2020.1.2.06
Subject(s) - custodians , peer review , publishing , public relations , workforce , political science , work (physics) , quality (philosophy) , process (computing) , medical education , medicine , engineering , computer science , history , law , mechanical engineering , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology , operating system
Peer reviewers are the custodians of sciences and scientific publishing. Previously regarded as a purely altruistic work, with the advent of Publons and Peer Review Week initiatives, reviewers can now get scholarly credits for their accomplishments. The number of skilled peer reviewers is limited. The sheer volume of published literature in today’s world calls for active involvement of a large corpus of reviewers. Asia has a growing workforce of biomedical researchers and scientific authors who are inadequately exposed to the global research reporting and English writing standards. Several global initiatives are underway to groom the next generation of peer reviewers and credit them for their efforts. These need to be expanded and made more accessible to scholars in Asia. Ultimately, this untapped potential may provide quality services to international peer-reviewed journals and create informed researchers and skilled authors.