Table of Contents

Introduction Editorial peer review Peer review of grant applications Editorial peer review: the state of the evidence The effectiveness of editorial peer review Innovation Bias, subjectivity and chance Misconduct and journal peer review Peer review and the pharmaceutical industry Small journals and non-English language journals How to set up a peer review system Training How to peer review a script Statistical peer review Peer review of economic submissions Qualitative peer review Ethical conduct in grant applications and manuscripts Consumers An author's guide to peer review Peer review on the internet The use of systematic reviews Alternatives to peer review Socrates The future Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C

About the Author

Tom Jefferson is the editor of Peer Review in Health Sciences, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

Fiona Godlee has been editor in chief of The BMJ since 2005. She is the first female editor appointed in the journal's history and is also editorial director.