Abstract:
Peer review has been generally defined as the process through
which peers with similar competences to the work they are
tasked to review pass judgement to the Editorial Team, advising them on how best to respond to the manuscript under consideration. As Smith (2006: 178) alluded, “peer review is at the
heart of the processes of not just medical journals but of all of
science. It is the method by which grants are allocated, papers
published, academics promoted, and Nobel prizes won.” The
significance of peer review, therefore, is very high. Peer review
can be taken as a self-policing process by those involved within
a certain discipline to ensure that what is published has been
evaluated by experienced scholars in the field.
