Vorgehen entsprechend „Best Practice“ im Peer Review Verfahren und bei der Manuskriptbearbeitung, um eine hohe Beitragsqualität zu gewährleisten

Peer review is used at many different stages of scientific discovery. It is essential to the approval and funding of research studies, staff, and departments; regulation and approval of new drugs and medical technologies; and selection of research for presentation at conferences. Journal peer review is probably the oldest example, however, and when Europe’s first scientific journals were launched in 1665—the Journal des Sçavans (later renamed Journal des Savants) and the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London—both used peer review. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) now defines journal peer review as“unbiased, independent, critical assessment…by experts who are not part of the editorial staff” and calls it an intrinsic part of all scholarly work. When peer review and editing are done well, readers can trust and use the published information in good faith. But to deserve such trust journals must ensure that peer review is fair and rigorous, and must help authors to fully and honestly report their work. …