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ERIC Number: EJ1091545
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Oct
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0273-5024
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Writing Quality Peer Reviews of Research Manuscripts
Ward, Phillip; Graber, Kim C.; van der Mars, Hans
Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, v34 n4 p700-715 Oct 2015
Peer review is an important mechanism for advancing knowledge in a manner deemed as acceptable by the research community. It can also serve the function of providing guidance to an author(s) to improve the likelihood that manuscripts will be accepted in peer reviewed journals. There is, however, little assistance for new or existing reviewers of journals beyond the guidelines for reviewers that some journals provide. Moreover, reviewers seldom, if ever, receive feedback on their reviews that might help them to provide higher quality reviews in the future. In this paper, we provide specific recommendations for drafting quality and constructive peer reviews of manuscripts. While we point to the "Journal of Teaching in Physical Education" as an example, our focus is on encouraging quality reviews across all journals in our field. We base our recommendations on empirical reports, recommendations of editors that have been published in the research literature, and our own experiences as reviewers. Examples of recommended and not recommended review elements are also provided.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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