Peer Review Process in Medical Science: A Critical Review

Peer review ensures the evolution of quality papers in medical science to disseminate scientific information and advancement of scientific knowledge. It is essential for the integration of new research findings in various branches of medicine. It focuses on the performance of the professionals with a view to improve quality, upholding the standards, providing certifications and grants. It judges the validity, significance, originality of the research; detect the scientific fraud, plagiarism and the issues of trust and bias as well as ethical issues. The authors, reviewers and editors have to play a critical role to make the review process a meaningful, efficient and to attain its ideal concept. To become a good reviewer one has to be concise, clear, positive, give constructive suggestions and should be on time. It is a remarkable process which relies on the trust and co-operation of the scientific community and acts as a quality control measure, ensuring that published research is valid, significant and original.