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If a CRG does not use the standard Cochrane peer review checklists, the following sections/statements must be included in the materials sent to the peer reviewer, and the responses reviewed and recorded appropriately in Archie.
Permissions and anonymity | Yes | No |
I am willing to be identified as the author of this peer referee feedback (If no, please provide reasons below) |
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I am willing to be acknowledged in the published Cochrane Protocol / Review |
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I am willing to be acknowledged on the Cochrane [Review Group/DTA] website |
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Reasons:
Please include your name and affiliation as you wish it to appear:
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A statement that acceptance of the invitation to peer review for Cochrane is also taken as consent for peer reviewer details to be stored within the Cochrane peer reviewer database.
5 Managing named peer review
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Ensure the reviewer has been assigned a Group role of Referee.
Create a new Administrative note with the Title ‘2018 closed peer review submitted’.
Add the name of the protocol/review to the Note text.
CRGs can then search for all peer reviewers that have submitted closed peer review by using the Advanced Search in Archie as follows:.
The People option should be selected at the top with the Match all rows (AND) option.
Role in Entity | Referee | Eyes and Vision Group | Active
Note Title | Contains | 2018 closed peer review submitted
6 Delegation of peer review responsibilities
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Peer reviewers must state their current affiliations(s) clearly. People with a direct financial interest in a particular intervention should not peer review a Cochrane Review of that intervention. If a peer reviewer is an author of an included/excluded trial or study (study author) this should be made clear in the conflict Conflict of Interest statement, but they can remain a peer reviewer, as long as there is no financial interest in the intervention.
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Providing comments and feedback to peer reviewers should improve the quality of peer review reports over time. Feedback is particularly valuable to new consumer peer reviewers and will motivate them to continue the relationship with Cochrane. You might consider implementing a mentoring system, whereby experienced consumer peer reviewers give support to new consumer peer reviewers.
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If a peer reviewer’s comments or recommendations result in major modifications to a Cochrane Review and the peer reviewer has relevant expertise, the Cochrane Review author team may invite the peer reviewer to become a co-author. The invitation must be made after the peer-review process is completed and with the agreement of the existing author team, and the peer reviewer must contribute sufficiently to the Cochrane Review to fulfil Cochrane authorship criteria ; otherwise they may be recognised in the acknowledgements Acknowledgements section of the Cochrane Review. Peer reviewers are under no obligation to accept the invitation to become authors.
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