The diligent reviewing of submitted manuscripts is not an altogether altruistic pursuit. Perhaps most alluring is the opportunity to read new science before anyone else, at the proverbial cutting edge of the profession. Peer review provides the opportunity to guide and enhance through comments and author revisions the presentation of new findings, so the methods and messages are clear and accurate. You also may be exposed to novel study designs or findings that stimulate your own ideas for novel investigation. Being on a journal’s review radar makes you part of a collegial network of academics, scientists and clinicians that may benefit your career as you enhance your credentials and earn collegial respect. The experience gained involves an exchange of opinions between authors, editors and other reviewers that can enhance proficiency as a writer and a scientist. ‘Academic Service’ forms an increasingly important part of your curriculum vitae and the time may well be recognised by the allocation of continuing professional development points. Or, as a former BJSM editor pithily explained, reviewing should simply be viewed as a ‘rite of passage’ for clinicians and researchers alike.1 Apart from the potential benefits to the reviewer, a well-considered and carefully structured manuscript review is of immense benefit to the author(s). By publication, a paper has usually had at least five pairs of independent critically trained eyes (three peer reviewers, …

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麻烦还是必要？为什么强有力的同行评审对于医学科学至关重要

对提交的稿件进行认真的审查并不完全是一种无私的追求。也许最吸引人的是有机会在其他人之前阅读新科学，处于该行业众所周知的前沿。同行评审提供了通过评论和作者修改来指导和加强新发现的呈现的机会，因此方法和信息清晰准确。您还可能会接触到新颖的研究设计或发现，从而激发您自己的新颖研究想法。出现在期刊的审稿雷达上可以让您成为学者、科学家和临床医生组成的大学网络的一部分，这可能会令您的职业生涯受益，因为您可以提高自己的资历并赢得大学的尊重。获得的经验涉及作者、编辑和其他审稿人之间的意见交流，这可以提高作家和科学家的熟练程度。“学术服务”在您的简历中日益重要，并且时间很可能通过持续专业发展点的分配而得到认可。或者，正如一位前 BJSM 编辑简洁地解释的那样，审稿应该简单地被视为临床医生和研究人员的“通过仪式”。 1 除了给审稿人带来潜在好处之外，经过深思熟虑和精心组织的稿件审阅也具有巨大的意义。对作者有利。在发表时，一篇论文通常至少有五双经过独立批判性训练的眼睛（三名同行评审员，……