Writing Guides, Style Manuals and the Publication Process in the Health Sciences

• EthicsGen
  • Ethics statement generator from IOP. 

    This tool supports authors to create correctly worded ethics statements to speed submissions through peer review and match the statement criteria of an author’s journal of choice.

• COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers 
  • COPE: Committee On Publication Ethics.

    Version 2, September 2017

• A Guide to Peer Reviewing Journal Articles
  • Cambridge University Press Author Hub
•  How to Peer Review a Manuscript 
  • Chapter 12 in: Peer Review in Health Sciences

    Moher D, Jadad AR. How to peer review a manuscript (PDF - 51 KB). In Godlee F, Jefferson T, editors. Peer review in health sciences. Second edition. London: BMJ Books, 2003:183-90.

• How to Perform a Peer Review
  • Wiley.com
• How to Write a Peer Review
  • PLOS
• Peer Review: The Nuts and Bolts 
  • Produced with the help of over 40 early career researchers, editors, journalist and grant body representatives, this guide will help early career researchers understand how the peer review process works, some of the limitations of peer review and the role of peer review in society.

    Updated 2012

• Peer Review Quick Guide: Detecting Common Mistakes & Considering Dilemmas in Peer Review
  • Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, U.S.A.

Quick Guide is intended for self-paced learning for novice researchers participating in a peer review of research proposals and scientific articles submitted for publication. The objectives of this Quick Guide are to:

• Increase awareness of common mistakes and dilemmas that novice peer reviewers can face while reviewing either research proposals or scientific articles.
• Offer strategies providing constructive criticism to the authors of these works.

• A Quick Guide to Writing a Solid Peer Review 
  • EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union.

    Kimberly A. Nicholas and Wendy S. Gordon Article first published online: 12 JUL 2011 | DOI: 10.1029/2011EO280001

• Reviewing Scientific Manuscripts: A Comprehensive Guide for Peer Reviewers
  • Brown, Lisa M. et al.  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Volume 153, Issue 6, 1609 - 1614.  Open access
• Seven Common Types of Academic Peer Review
  • Infographic from Editage Insights.