Peer Review in the Balance

Abstract

For many years, the editors of the Journal have relied on peer review to ensure the scientific quality of the articles that we publish. Of the thousands of manuscripts submitted to the Journal each year, we publish about 1 in 20. To aid us in selecting those manuscripts, we seek advice from thousands of peer reviewers. Confidential peer review is a key component of our manuscript selection process. We were therefore concerned when in May 2007 lawyers for the pharmaceutical company Pfizer served us with a subpoena demanding that the Journal produce peer-review and other editorial documents on all manuscripts . . .

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