MANUSCRIPT REVIEW PANEL
MANUSCRIPT REVIEW PANEL
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MEDSURG Nursing seeks adult-health/medical-surgical nurses in academic, acute, general, long-term, outpatient, and other healthcare settings, as well as other professionals with expertise in adult health/medical-surgical nursing, to join its Manuscript Review Panel.
Reviewers evaluate the accuracy and relevancy of information in submitted manuscripts. When applicable, reviewers evaluate the research designs of submitted studies. Members of the Manuscript Review panel are requested to review 3 to 5 manuscripts per year. The review panel position has no monetary reimbursement but is a vital and respected component of professional nursing scholarship.
Reviewer Qualifications
Current medical-surgical nursing experience – Minimum 5 years required, including current employment
BSN preparation – Strongly preferred
Manuscript review experience – Strongly preferred; inexperienced reviewers should have a strong interest and willingness to learn.
Publication experience – Preferred
If you would like to volunteer to serve as a reviewer,
please send an email expressing your interest along with your CV to msjrnl@ajj.com.
Blinded peer review of manuscripts submitted for consideration to clinical, professional journals such as MEDSURG Nursing is a crucial part of the publication process. Blinded peer review strengthens the content and quality of manuscripts, checks for clinical accuracy, and ultimately, seeks to provide nursing education to ensure patient safety. Manuscript reviewers have a great responsibility that provides integrity for the journal and professional satisfaction for reviewers.
However, becoming a manuscript reviewer for a clinical, professional journal may seem daunting to those just getting started in the publication process. In this episode, Dr. Lynne Connelly, the Research Editor of MEDSURG Nursing Journal, interviews Dr. Dottie Roberts, Editor of MEDSURG Nursing, about the manuscript peer review process and how you can start on the road to becoming a manuscript peer reviewer for the journal.
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