Writing a Review

Abstract

Thousands of reviews are written each year by reviewers who receive no credit, for the benefit of authors whom the reviewers may not even know. The result of this review process is that authors receive guidance on improving their manuscripts and editors receive guidance on the suitability of manuscripts for publication. As such, reviewers are the publication process. This chapter provides guidance to reviewers (or potential reviewers) on whether to agree to perform a review, how to critique a manuscript, and how to write a review.