Resources for reviewers

We have compiled a list of additional resources that reviewers might find it useful to visit while completing their reports:

• The Publisher’s Association Inquiry into Peer Review

• Research Information Network - Peer Review: A Guide for Researchers

• A Quick Guide to Writing a Solid Peer Review from the American Geophysical Union

• What to expect from peer review: a new beginner’s guide from Sense About Science

• For more information and discussion about Peer Review and many other matters from Sense about Science

• The Peer Review Congress aims to improve the quality and credibility of scientific peer review and publication

• COPE Guidelines for Peer Reviewers

• For Editors: Peer Review Best Practices Part 1: Inviting Reviewers

• For Authors: 5 Tips for Getting your Article Through Peer Review Quickly and Successfully

Reviewer FAQs

• I have been asked to review an article - how do I write a review?
  
  See the How to Review Articles section of this Reviewer Gateway where advice and resources have been compiled.

• I have been asked to review an article, but I don’t have time, what do I do?

  See the etiquette section of the How to Review Articles  section of this Reviewer Gateway.

• I have been asked to review an article, but I don’t understand the subject. What should I do?

  See the etiquette section of the How to Review Articles section of this Reviewer Gateway.

• What benefits do I receive from SAGE for reviewing papers?

  See the Reviewer Rewards section of this Reviewer Gateway

• How do I provide SAGE with feedback on my experience of reviewing for one of their journals?

  SAGE has provided a reviewer feedback email address to allow you to give us your experience of reviewing with us to help us to improve our systems journalscomm@sagepub.in

• How do I contact the journal editor?

  See the homepage of the journal that you are reviewing for and make contact with the editorial office using the contact information provided in the manuscript submission guidelines.

• What is the peer review policy of the journal?

  See the homepage of the journal that you are reviewing for where review policy information is provided in the manuscript submission guidelines.

• I am reviewing a paper that I think I’ve read before, what should I do?

  See the Ethics section for more information about all ethical issues linked to reviewing of papers and how to proceed if you discover a potential problem.

• I am reviewing a paper that contains inflammatory/defamatory statements. How do I identify if they are serious? What do I do?

  See the Ethics section for more information about all ethical issues linked to reviewing of papers and how to proceed if you discover a potential problem.

If you can’t find the information you need here or if you have any feedback on the SAGE Reviewer Gateway, please get in touch with us