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Group | Is | Name of CRG
Workflow Role | Is | Peer reviewerExternal referee
Task Name | Is | Review and comment on draft protocol
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Note Title | Contains | 2018 peer reviewed and agreed acknowledgement
Display on CRG website
Peer reviewers should be offered the option of public acknowledgement on the website of the CRG to which they contributed. Peer-reviewer names should be listed according to the calendar year they contributed.
To display the list of peer reviewers on the CRG website, add a page to your website titled "Peer reviewers 2018[YEAR]". The list of peer reviewers -reviewer names can be a chronological list, an alphabetical list, separated by country or type of peer reviewer etc., as preferred by the CRG. See the following suggested wording:
We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of all peer reviewers. The Cochrane X Group aims to involve clinical peer and consumer reviewers in the assessment of all protocols and reviews before publication. The following people have contributed to the peer review process in YEAR:
Clinical reviewers:
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Consumer reviewers:
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Anonymous peer reviewers: If this has been agreed according to the linked policy (Exceptions to named peer review: special cases), the The following wording can also be added: "We also wish to acknowledge thank the peer reviewers who have chosen to remain anonymous, as an exceptional circumstance agreed with the Editor in Chief."
Example: See Cochrane Wounds for an example of how the annual lists of peer reviewers can be displayed on the CRG website.
not to be publicly acknowledged."
Acknowledgement in the Cochrane Review
If the Cochrane Review authors agree and permission is granted by the peer reviewer (as requested in the peer review checklist), peer reviewers should be acknowledged in the published Cochrane ReviewPeer reviewers should be offered the option of acknowledgement in the article to which they contributed. Include text in the “Acknowledgements” section of the Cochrane article; for example:
“The authors [or the CRG Editorial Team, if you prefer] are grateful to the following peer reviewers for their time and comments: [Insert peer reviewer names and affiliations]”.
Anonymous peer reviewers: If this has been agreed according to the linked policy (Exceptions to named peer review: special cases), use wording to ensure that it is The following wording can also be added for people who do not choose to be publicly acknowledged, making clear how many peer reviewers were involved in the process, for example:
"The authors [or the CRG Editorial Team, if you prefer] are grateful to the following peer reviewers for their time and comments: [insert peer reviewer names and affiliations], and also to the [insert number] of
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peer reviewers
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who
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chose not to be publicly acknowledged.”
Other forms of acknowledgment
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Other avenues for acknowledging peer reviewer contributions that CRGs should be aware of are Publons and ORCID. In both instances the peer reviewer is responsible for registering with the relevant service and creating a profile. Peer reviewers can also earn Cochrane Membership through completing Peer peer review tasks.
Publons
Publons is a service that provides credits for peer review in a format that can be used in CVs and funding applications. See the Publons website for more information.
Cochrane peer reviewers can set up an account on Publons and then forward their peer review acknowledgement emails from Archie (received upon submission of a peer review report/completed checklist) Editorial Manager to Publons so that their peer review activity can be recorded to their profile.
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