Alam Murad
Departments of *Dermatology, †Otolaryngology, and ‡Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
Dermatol Surg. 2015 Aug;41(8):883-8. doi: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000000421.
Peer review of submitted manuscripts is widely perceived as a cornerstone of assuring quality in academic journals. However, in medical school and beyond, dermatologic surgeons receive minimal instruction in the methodology of critically reviewing new literature.
To guide new or less experienced reviewers through the steps of assessing a manuscript for the journal. To clarify the most important elements of the review and to discuss common pitfalls and their avoidance.
A stepwise template was suggested on how to review manuscripts.
An algorithmic approach to reviewing a paper can demystify the process, increase efficiency, and reduce the likelihood that important elements of the review will be omitted or overlooked. Nonetheless, this recommended approach is a starting point, and individual reviewers would be expected to modify it to reflect their particular preferences and to adapt it to specific papers.
Reviewing a manuscript for the journal is amenable to a simple algorithmic approach. Encouraging recent graduates and others to review for the journal by clarifying the process can further assist the editorial staff in selecting the best manuscripts and improving these before publication.
同行评审提交的稿件被广泛视为保证学术期刊质量的基石。然而，在医学院及其他领域，皮肤科外科医生在严格评审新文献方法方面接受的指导极少。
指导新的或经验不足的评审人员完成评估稿件以供期刊发表的步骤。阐明评审中最重要的要素，并讨论常见陷阱及其避免方法。
提出了一个关于如何评审稿件的逐步模板。
一种算法式的论文评审方法可以揭开这个过程的神秘面纱，提高效率，并降低评审重要要素被遗漏或忽视的可能性。尽管如此，这种推荐方法只是一个起点，预计个别评审人员会对其进行修改以反映他们的特定偏好，并使其适用于特定论文。
为期刊评审稿件适合采用一种简单的算法式方法。通过阐明评审过程鼓励应届毕业生及其他人员为期刊进行评审，可进一步协助编辑人员挑选最佳稿件并在发表前加以完善。
