Reviewing the review: a qualitative assessment of the peer review process in surgical journals

Abstract Background Despite rapid growth of the scientific literature, no consensus guidelines have emerged to define the optimal criteria for editors to grade submitted manuscripts. The purpose of this project was to assess the peer reviewer metrics currently used in the surgical literature to eval...

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Main Authors: Catherine H. Davis, Barbara L. Bass, Kevin E. Behrns, Keith D. Lillemoe, O. James Garden, Mark S. Roh, Jeffrey E. Lee, Charles M. Balch, Thomas A. Aloia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Research Integrity and Peer Review
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41073-018-0048-0