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Peer Review Policies and Practices

On this page:

 

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Peer review meeting in progress. Photo courtesy of Center for Scientific Review

What's New in Peer Review

See history of What’s New in Peer Review.

 

For Reviewers

 

Find pre-meeting, meeting and post-meeting activities on our ‘Information for Reviewers’ website.  The site includes key information such as reviewer guidelines, policy documents, step-by-step instructions for using the Internet Assisted Review (IAR) system. In addition, critique templates are located on the website; reviewers must check with their Scientific Review Officer on which template to use. 

Law, Regulations and Policies

Peer review regulations provide the underpinning of peer review policies. 

For Peer Review policies, see the section for:

Peer Review Integrity

Confidentiality

Conflict of Interest

Rigor

Human Subjects

Inclusion

Stem Cells

Vertebrate Animals

Budget

Scoring

Appeals


Note: Other guidelines can be found on the Consolidated List of Reviewer Documents webpage