How to Review Biomedical Manuscripts

Abstract

Peer review system is one of the most important processes to secure objectivity in sciences. Manuscripts submitted by any author, even if he or she is new comer or veteran, must be read critically by other scientists who have enough experience and extensive knowledge on related fields. While any person such as self-proclaimed scientists can publish their “new discoveries” in blogs, general books and/or open access predatory journals without undergoing review and editing process, their findings offer very little scientific information and occasionally cause health problems. Critical reading and reviewing scientific manuscripts takes times and efforts for scientists who would like to spend their own precious time for clinical or research activities. However any member of scientific community has moral obligations to read critically unpublished manuscripts as well as published ones in order to reach better scientific truth. In this sense, it is important to learn authentic manner to review manuscripts. For young scientists, peer-review experiences are also useful for responding to peer-reviewed opinions against their own manuscripts.