Table 2 Suggestions for improvement of the manuscript review process in surgery
From: Reviewing the review: a qualitative assessment of the peer review process in surgical journals
1) Blinding reviewers to authors | |
2) At least voluntary unblinding of reviewers to authors | |
3) Continued emphasis on quantitative scoring of key manuscript elements including statistical validity and ethical concerns | |
4) Transparency in unique criteria of emphasis to reviewers and authors | |
5) Guidelines for structuring narrative comments to editors and authors [13] |