Preserving blind peer review of electronic manuscript files

Ann F Jacobson; Kenneth Schmidt; Harriet Coeling

Preserving blind peer review of electronic manuscript files

Nurse Author Ed. 2005 Winter;15(1):1-4, 7.

Authors

Ann F Jacobson¹, Kenneth Schmidt, Harriet Coeling

Affiliation

¹ Kent State University, USA.

PMID: 15739759

Abstract

Peer review of manuscripts for potential publication has become an intrinsic component of the scientific process, and is aimed at improving the manuscript's quality through unbiased, independent, and critical assessment by experts who are not on the journal's staff (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, 2003).

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Editorial Policies
Electronic Data Processing*
Female
Humans
Male
Manuscripts as Topic*
Nursing Research
Peer Review*
Periodicals as Topic / standards
Periodicals as Topic / trends
Publishing*
Quality Control