AME aims to provide a service to authors and the wider research community by making as much research available as possible, provided it meets our journals’ high standards for research conduct and ethical procedures and receives approval after peer review. This guidelines for reviewers are made based on the Committee on Publication Ethics Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers and Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals,which also provide further information on how to be objective and constructive in your review.
1. Peer review mode
All AME journals use double-blind peer review, meaning:
2. Transparent peer review
With a commitment to openness and accountability, and to increase the level of transparency throughout our peer review process, a majority of AME journals have fully implemented the transparent peer review process. For journals that employ the transparent peer review process, the reviewer will be notified of the transparent peer review policy in their reviewer invitation letter. Please refer to the website of a specific journal for more information.
3. The role of reviewers
If we need your help with appraising a manuscript, we will send you an email and ask you to accept or decline the invitation through our submission system. We ask for reviewers’ assistance to ensure that any studies published in AME journals have been conducted properly, are scientifically credible and ethical, and are reported in accordance with the appropriate guidelines (e.g., CARE guidelines for case reports).
The Editorial Office is responsible for the final decision to accept or reject a manuscript, based on the reviewers' comments.
We welcome feedback from our reviewers. If you have any comments you wish to make relating to a manuscript you have reviewed and our decision on it, or to our review process in general, we would be pleased to hear from you.
4. Recognition for reviewers
AME has entered an official partnership with Publons, as of April 2020. The partnership enables the contributions of our expert peer reviewers to be easily recognized. Around 60 AME journals’ peer review systems are integrated seamlessly into the Publons platform. Reviewers can now opt-in to Publons as part of the review submission process, and the review data can be transferred to Publons upon submission.
5. To become a reviewer
If you would like to become a reviewer for a specific journal of AME, please send an email to the Editorial Office with a copy of your CV attached and an indication of your review interests.
6. Guidance for peer reviewers
We are very grateful to all of the reviewers who have supported our journals so far.
Updated on February 2, 2024