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How to write an effective referee report
Ushma S. Neill
Ushma S. Neill
Published May 1, 2009
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2009;119(5):1058-1060. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI39424.
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Most scientists learn how to review papers by being thrown into the deep end of the pool: here’s a paper, write a review. Perhaps this is not the best way to keep an enterprise afloat. But what should be included in a review? What should the tone of a review be? Here I want to outline the specifics of what we at the JCI are looking for in a referee report.

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