WikiJournal User Group/Peer reviewers

Peer review in the is intended to both help authors to improve articles, as well the editorial board in deciding whether to include it in the journal. The process of finding and inviting appropriate peer reviewers for article submissions is a responsibility of the editorial board and associate editors. Articles undergoing peer review can be found at: Potential upcoming articles. All peer reviews are included with the article for transparency and can be found linked on the right hand side of the article as "Reviewer Comments".

Peer reviews for the are publicly displayed for each article, on the corresponding Discussion page under a creative commons license (CC BY-SA).
 * 1. Invited peer reviewers should be given a url link to the work to be reviewed. If not, please find it here (link to list of publications in review).
 * 2. Peer reviewers can submit their comments via [ this form]

WikiJournals prefer to display reviewer names along with the review, as we believe this builds trust in the review process (~65% of reviewers choose to do so). However, reviewers may remain anonymous upon request.

Peer reviews should include: A disclosure of any conflicts of interests, or state "Conflicts of interest: none declared".

Comment submission
Initial peer reviews should preferably be written within 3 weeks. Comments should be constructive, include both strengths and areas for improvement, and be referenced whenever possible. The has no strict rules on peer review structure and length, however some guidelines are below.

In addition to any peer review comments submitted via [ this form], reviewers may directly edit the article make the text clearer. Any direct edits that change meaning should be summarised in the submitted comments. Reviewers can also leave additional comments on the article's discussion page (entries should be signed with your name or username if you have created an account).

Transparency
Reviewer comments are made available online under the Creative Commons CC BY-SA license. Reviewers that wish to pass a review request onto a colleague must check with the contacting editor beforehand.

We encourage reviewers to publicly disclose their names (approximately 70% agree to do so). This provides public recognition and credit for reviewers' work, imparts credibility to the reviewed article, and can encourage maximally insightful comments. However, reviewers may remain anonymous upon request (with their identity available only to a designated peer review coordinator and to the editorial board).

Confidentiality
Most article submissions to the WikiJournal are open-access from the beginning, however authors may request their submission to be kept confidential. In such chases, the reviewer will be clearly informed, and are required to respect this confidentiality as per the publication ethics statement.

External, invited peer reviewers must fulfil the following criteria:
 * 1) Have expertise in the relevant  field, and be willing to provide relevant credentials if requested. If necessary, identity may be verified via a faculty contact address, and copies of certifications may be requested (all information will be kept confidential).
 * 2) Be willing to disclose any potential conflicts of interest
 * 3) Not be editorial board members of this journal

Although external peer reviewers will be invited by the editorial board, spontaneous public comments are invited for all articles undergoing peer review, and those that are dual-published into Wikipedia. This can include content suggestions, copyediting, or fact-checking (such as checking how well cited references support the statements in the article). Such comments facilitate and supplement the formal scholarly peer review of articles. Authors are recommended to take these recommendations into account and respond if appropriate.

Comments before publication are recommended to be left on the article's Discussion page. For published articles that have been integrated into Wikipedia, it is recommended that comments for further improvement are left on the Talk page of the equivalent Wikipedia article.


 * Full ethics statement, by the WikiJournal User Group