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Becoming Our
Peer Reviewer
Is Easy
Peer reviewer receives an early view of the latest research and discovery in the field. You will receive the recognition that boost your career development in the academic field.
Complete the Peer Reviewer Application Form below and submit with the relevant documents.
Peer Reviewer's Mission
Peer review, also known as refereeing, is a collaborative process that allows independent experts in the same field of research to evaluate and comment on manuscript submissions. The outcome of a peer review gives authors feedback to improve their work and, critically, allows the editor to assess the paper’s suitability for publication. The practice of peer review is intended to ensure that only good and relevant submissions to the objective of our journals are published. All new submissions are peer-reviewed according to the process detailed below, since our peer reviewers are essential in upholding the high standards of our journals. Authors who have benefited from the peer review process should consider becoming peer reviewers as a part of their professional responsibilities.
Benefits As Our Peer Reviewer
STAY UPDATED
Getting an early view of the exciting new research happening provides the peer reviewer a role in helping to evaluate and improve this new work.
IMPROVE WRITING
The process of reviewing equip the peer reviewer the skills to appraise critically about the quality of the article and help to improve own's writing.
FREE PUBLICATION
NEW CONNECTIONS
Provides opportunity to build new connections for future collaborations. Being a regular reviewer may also be the first step to becoming a member of the journal.
Peer Reviewer's Criteria
Qualified
- Hold at least a master’s degree in related allied health field (e.g. speech pathology, occupational therapy, neuroscience, gerentology, geriatric, psychology, counselling etc)
- Registered therapist/ counselor of a reputable professional organisation such as International Association of Counselors & Therapists, Association of Educational Therapist, British Psychology Society, Singapore Association of Counselling, Singapore Psychological Society.
Expert
- Published at least three articles as lead author in a relevant topic, with at least one article having been published in the last three years.
- In fields where a reviewer’s expertise is not typically measured by their publication record or if the suggested reviewer’s expertise is demonstrable in ways other than their publication record, please provide an explanation of their suitability.
Independence
- Peer reviewers and the author(s) should remain anonymous to each other in our ‘double-blinded’ review.
- Reviewers should declare any conflict of interest (refer to Conflict of Interest Policy) such as their relationships and activities that might bias their evaluation of a manuscript and recuse themselves from the peer-review process if a conflict exists.
Confidentiality
- Maintain a high standard of confidentiality of the manuscript until it is published (refer to Confidentiality and Protection of Research Authors Policy.
- Discouraged from publicly discuss authors’ work.
- Must not appropriate authors’ ideas before the manuscript is published.
- Must not retain the manuscript for their personal use after submitting their reviews.
- Reviewers who seek assistance from a trainee or colleague in the performance of a review should acknowledge these individuals’ contributions in the written comments submitted to the editor. These individuals must maintain the confidentiality of the manuscript as outlined above.
Citation Manipulation
- Request to add citations where the motivations are merely self-promotional this aim violates publication ethics and is unethical (refer to Citation Manipulation Policy). Due care to be exercised by the reviewers when making suggestions to any reference to their own work. Acceptance of the remarks pertaining to such suggestions are at the discretion of the editorial team.
Timeliness
- Return a review within the proposed or mutually agreed time frame.
Peer Reviewer
Application Form
Complete the form and attach with your documents before submission.
i) Curriculum Vitae/ Resume
ii) Highest Academic Qualification copy
iii) Identification copy
