The peer review process
The peer review process is a key element in
ensuring that the editor's decision regarding acceptance or
rejection of submissions is objective and well informed. Two,
and sometimes three, peer reviewers are usually selected because
they have specialist knowledge or expertise in the topic covered
in the submission and because the editor has confidence in
their judgement and ability to write a constructive report.
Papers submitted to a journal generally pass
through an initial sifting process. The editor or assistant
editor reads the paper and decides if it is suitable to be
sent to peer reviewers. Papers may be rejected at this point
because they are clearly not relevant to the journal, because
they are so poorly presented or written that the meaning and
logic of the discussion is obscured, because the study methods
are unquestionably so flawed as to render the findings useless
etc. Most editors are fairly generous in the initial sifting
process and send papers for review if they think the paper
stands a chance of publication.
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