Scholarly Peer Review Guide

This guide will help you understand different approaches to peer review, both receiving and performing.

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How to Peer-Review Like a Pro (17 min)

Reviewing Others: How-to

If you want to start contributing to peer review service, these resources will help you learn the practical steps.

Reviewing Others: Standards and Best Practices

In addition to the "nuts and bolts," it's important to be aware of professional standards and best practices.

Although some aspects may vary between disciplines, the resources below will help you understand some standard best practices.

Tools for Crediting Reviewers

Although peer review is first and foremost provided as a service to the discipline and its ongoing scholarly conversation, it can also benefit reviewers to be able to verify and be acknowledged for this service.

The following resources address methods of verifying review activity and giving credit for review service.

 

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