The Peer Review Process
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https://doi.org/10.24950/P.Vista/H.Donato/A.Quininha/2/2020Keywords:
Ethics, Peer Review, Periodicals, PublishingAbstract
The reviewing of articles by peers also known as peer review or refereeing is, undoubtedly quite important to the development and updating of Medicine.
This type of revision entails the submission of a scientific work to the scrutiny of at least one expert on the subject being analysed. The quality of the article quite often depends on the commentaries and /or suggestions given by those reviewing the work.
Although this system has been repeatedly criticised, the fact is that it has not been proven that there is a better process by which the scientific quality of a work can be assessed.
The current work aims to demonstrate the importance of peer review, taking into account the fundamental role played not only by those who review the work, but also by the editor-in-chief. Other topics of extreme importance to this matter are also referred to, such as, the reason why one should peer review, how to find reviewers and how to review a manuscript.
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