فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

The first journal that formalized the peer reviewprocess is The Philosophical Transactions of theRoyal Society, the first and longest-running journallaunched in 1665 by Henry Oldenburg (1618- 1677) (1).The review of a research paper starts with the ‘InternalReview’ process. All authors must read the articleand reconcile their comments before submission. Theexternal review process begins after article submission,and the editor assigns the paper to the outside reviewersunrelated to the work of the study. External reviewersevaluate the submitted article for quality, accuracy, andcompleteness based on the journal’s requirements.Reviewers’ feedback includes accepting, rejecting, orrequesting a revision to the article. The editor determinesthe final decision, but the reviewers’ comments andrecommendations show if the article is amenable toimprovement by revision.