Reviewer Resources and Instructions

Sponsored by the National Permanente Medical Groups, The Permanente Journal is a peer-reviewed journal of medical science, social science in medicine, and medical humanities published quarterly by The Permanente Press.

The Help Desk of Manuscript Central/ScholarOne

http://mchelp.manuscriptcentral.com/gethelpnow/training/reviewer/

A helpful article from Gus Garmel, Senior Editor of The Permanente Journal:
Garmel G. Reviewing Manuscripts for Biomedical Journals. Perm J 2010 Spring;14(1):32-40.
http://old.thepermanentejournal.org/issues/2010/spr/or/133-reviewing-manuscripts-for-biomedical-journals.html

Valuable resources for reviewers from the British Medical Journal:

http://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-reviewers

http://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-reviewers/training-materials

Guidance for peer reviewers from the Equator Network:

https://www.equator-network.org/toolkits/peer-reviewing-research/peer-review-training-and-resources/

Guidance for reviewers and editors, with a specific focus on ethics, from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE):

http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines

Other resources:

ACS Reviewer Lab:https://www.acsreviewerlab.org/

OSA Reviewer Certification Course:https://www.osapublishing.org/reviewer_certification/

Publons Reviewer Academy: https://publons.com/community/academy/