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REVIEWERS’ INFORMATION PACK 2. ABOUT PEER REVIEW 2.1. What is Peer Review? 2.3. Why Reviewers Review? Today, validation by peers and publication in a scientific journal continues to be the method through which authors register, validate, disseminate and archive their discoveries and results. The publication process and the speed at which articles are peer reviewed and published are key elements in the appropriate accreditation of scientific findings. Elsevier is an active participant in innovations intended to improve the current process, e.g. the Neuroscience Peer-Review Consortium. The peer-review process allows authors and editors an opportunity to use and develop their own expertise in a number of significant ways. By assessing the quality and validity of another author’s work, within the same area of expertise, a reviewer: The peer-review process is an essential part of the publishing process. It validates and confirms a researcher’s work and establishes a method through which work can effectively be evaluated. Although in recent years the peer-review process has attracted some criticism, it remains the only widely accepted method for research validation and a cornerstone of the scientific publishing process. • Ensures the continued rigorous standards of the scientific process since the peer-review system has been in place for centuries and each generation of researchers engaged in the process contributes to the ever increasing wealth of scientific information • Upholds the integrity of the journal, by identifying invalid research, as well as helping the journal maintain its quality and standards • Fulfills a sense of scientific obligation to the community and their own area of concentration Elsevier, like most scientific publishing companies, relies on effective peer-review processes to not only uphold the quality and validity of individual articles, but also the overall integrity of the journals we publish. • Establishes relationships with reputable colleagues and their affiliated journals, and may also increase his / her opportunity to be invited to join an Editorial Board 2.2. Who are Reviewers? • Reciprocates professional courtesy as typically authors and reviewers are often interchangeable roles. In assisting an author with their paper, reviewers ‘repay’ the same courtesy they receive when authoring their own papers Most reviewers are themselves authors, researchers, or sometimes, editors in their own right. Reviewers are in fact colleagues and fellow scientists who wish to directly contribute an integral part of the scientific process. With this in mind, reviewers play an essential part in science, and in scholarly publishing. For more than 300 years, scientists and scholars have relied upon peer review to validate research, engage other specialists in the support of submitted work, and increase networking possibilities within specific specialist communities. • Establishes expertise in and knowledge of the field • Increases reputation and exposure to key figures in the community • Stays current and ‘in the loop’ with respect to the discipline’s latest literature • Career Advancement: service as a reviewer is an important element of a rounded academic vita. Elsevier provides certificates upon request to assist with official recognition of the reviewer’s work by their institution. www.elsevier.com/reviewers 3  http://www.elsevier.com/reviewers

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Reviewers Informaton Pack 2013

Reviewers Informaton Pack 2013
Contents
About Elsevier
About Peer Review
Duties of Reviewers
Peer-Review System
Supporting Our Reviewers
Listening to Our Reviewers
A Brief Guide to Reviewing

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