Main Sections

Objectives

The Role of Peer Review

Regulations and Policies

Ethical Principles

Appropriate Expertise

Adherence to Standards


Confidentiality


Conflict of Interest Management


Timeliness

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End Notes and Completion Items


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Case Study IV

Just before you are to leave town, you receive a paper to review. A cursory glance at the paper indicates that it is of great interest to you and likely to be controversial in nature. You feel it is particularly important to review it. At the same time, given that you are about to leave town, you realize that there is no way you will be able to complete a thorough review within the editor’s desired time frame. What should you do?