Call for Reviewers!

Journal of Radiology Case Reports (JRCR)

The review process is blinded and exceptional by taking usually no more than 7 days - compared to months (and even years with revisions) in traditional journals, which can be very frustrating for authors.

To maintain the high quality and quick submission turnaround, we are depending on our reviewers and are continuously searching for new reviewers who would love to participate in this pioneering new journal system.

To explain the peer review process:

Three independent reviewers are asked to judge the submission based on the journal criteria. The review process is blinded and should be finished within 7 days. Selection of reviewers is based on their field of expertise and review interests.

A Word document template provides some rough reviewing guidelines at the following URL:
http://www.radiologycases.com/Template_Reviewer_Case_Report.doc

Reviewers may dowload this document and fill out the appropriate sections.

Awards
As an appreciation of their valuable time and work, we honor our reviewers in the end of the year issue of this journal as well as in the "Hall of Fame" on the journal website.

Reviewer evaluation
To ensure also a high quality review, reviewers are rated on a 5 point scale and reviewers with a total of 4 or more points will be honored as mentioned above.

One point is assigned for each of the following:

• The reviewer responded to the review invitation within the requested time frame.
• The reviewer reviewed the manuscript within the requested time frame.
• The review addressed all aspects which were asked for in the reviewer guidelines (e.g. English, author guidelines, image modalities)
• Reviewer gave suggestions to improve the revised version
• The review was written in a friendly and encouraging way

Each reviewer is evaluated based on these factors. The overall score will determine if this person will be eligible for future reviews or deleted from the reviewer database.

Because we are aware of the busy schedule of each physician, we try to keep the workflow for each reviewer manageable and assign usually only one article every 3-6 months. These are mostly case reports and are fairly quickly reviewed - compared to scientific studies/original work. Become a reviewer!

If you would like to become a reviewer for the JRCR, please register (free) at www.radiologycases.com. During the registration process you can indicate if you would like to be a reviewer for this journal (check the checkbox there). Please also provide your areas of expertise and reviewing interests, so that we can efficiently provide you with the right articles to review. We thank you in advance for your participation and help - in the name of the editorial team as well as the submitting authors!