
In academia, professional scholars typically make unsolicited submissions of their articles to academic journals. Upon receipt of a submitted article manuscript, the journal editor (or editors) determines whether to reject the submission outright or begin the process of peer review. In the latter case, the submission becomes subject to anonymous peer-review by outside scholars of the editor’s choosing.
The number of these peer reviewers (or “referees”) varies according to each journal’s editorial practice — typically, no fewer than two, and usually at least three outside peers review the article. Th (continue reading…)




