Scholarly Publishing Guide
Peer Review Process
This flowchart represents the decisions made during the traditional peer review process.
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Watch this video for a brief overview to the peer review process.
- Responsibilities in the Submission and Peer-Review ProcessThe International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) developed these recommendations to review best practice and ethical standards in the conduct and reporting of research, and to help authors and editors create and distribute accurate, clear, reproducible, unbiased medical journal articles.
- Focus on Peer Review - Nature MasterclassIncludes 4 modules: Your role as a peer reviewer, The peer review report, Ethics in peer review, and Variations and innovations in peer review [ACCESS: 1. Click on link, 2. Click on: Access through your institution, 3. Click on: Select your institution, 4. Click on: Indiana University - School of Medicine, 5. Authenticate with Duo, 6. Click on: Login]
Responding to Reviewers' Feedback / Rejection
Responding to Reviewers' Feedback
- How to Review a Paper, by Dale J. Benos, Kevin L. Kirk, and John E. HallThis article explains what reviewers are looking for when they evaluate article submissions.
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Responding to Rejection
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Read (and Learn from) Reviewers' Comments
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Make Appropriate Revisions to Your Article
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Rethink Your Choice of Journal
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Resubmit
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Rethink Your Publication Options
Above content taken and used with permission from University of Central Florida, Harriet F. Ginsburg Health Sciences Library: "Getting Published Guide, Part 5 - Dealing with Rejection" by Shalu Gillum and Terri Gotschall. Please refer to this page for in-depth discussion of these points.