experience, knowing the old stuff and (2) mastery of the relevant WHY WRITE THIS? science, i.e., being able to apply and relate scientific principles There has been substantial recent interest in the quality of the and findings to the new science. peer review system in biomedical publication, with several InterSeveral different areas of expertise may be relevant for a national Congresses (1) and a recent JAMA issue entirely degiven submission. A paper that is sent to me, for example, may voted to the topic (2). The quality of reviews of articles submitted include elements of clinical and applied science, general pulmofor publication varies widely (1, 3–5). Black and colleagues have nary physiology, basic lung and chest wall mechanics, mathematisuggested that their quality might be improved if journals trained cal modeling, or stereology. Although my expertise is uneven their reviewers (6). How do we currently learn the trade? Some among these topics and a submission often requires significant of us have learned by doing reviews, by fielding reviews of our expertise in disciplines that I cannot cover responsibly, the Assoown submissions, and by comparing our own reviews with other ciate Editor usually turns out to have selected reviewers to cover reviews of the same articles. When editorial consideration of a all main areas. submission is completed, the editorial offices generally forward
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