Peer reviewers or scientific evaluators are people who practice their profession in the field of health and who are able to advise editors on the scientific quality of a given article, to assign the appropriate evaluators, the editors must match the reviewers according to the contents of the manuscript, according to their professional training and expertise in the subject.
About peer reviewers
- Prospective peer reviewers should provide the journal with accurate personal and professional information and a representation of their experience, including verifiable and accurate contact information.
- When asked for a review, they will simply review only if they have the experience to evaluate the manuscript and demonstrate complete impartiality in their assessment.
- They must declare all possible conflicts of interest. If you are unsure about a potential conflict of interest, you should raise it. These interests may be of a personal, financial, intellectual, professional, political or religious nature.
- Manuscripts submitted for peer review are privileged communications and private property of the authors; so peer reviewers must respect copyright, avoiding discussion of their work before the publication of the article. They should not make copies of the manuscript for archiving or to share with third parties, unless they have the permission of the publisher.
About the process
Journal's arbitration process is "double-blind," implying that neither the authors nor the peers will know their identities with each other.
The observations made by the peer reviewer are recorded in a format supplied by the journal to prepare its opinion. After the article is published, the following documentation is sent to the peer reviewer:
- Letter of thanks for your selfless collaboration.
- Certificate issued by Médicas UIS which is recorded that the peer reviewer carried out its work.
In addition, the last issue of the volume includes the name of the peer reviewer on the page intended to mark the names of those who selflessly collaborated with the theoretical review and evaluation of thearticles.
Adopted guidelines from COPE Council. Ethical guidelines for peer reviewers. Sept 2017. www.publicationethics.org