Resources for Reviewers

Want to learn more about peer review? Here’s a list of useful resources to get you started:

For new reviewers

• How to Be a Peer Reviewer Webinar
• 5 ways to become an expert reviewer
• Peer Review Q&A
• Becoming a Journal Peer Reviewer
• Hope for New Reviewers
• Our Commitment to Peer Review: Resources and Support
• Web of Science Academy
• What to consider when asked to peer review
• Peer review: how can early career researchers get involved?

Resources for writing reviews

• Sage Reviewer's Guide
• COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers
• AMA Manual of Style
• APA Style Guidelines
• How to Be a Peer Reviewer Webinar Recap
• A guide to publishing ethics for reviewers
• Submission Checklist for authors

Recommended reading

• Innovation in Peer Review: interview with the organisers of the Peer Review Congress
• Peer Review Week YouTube channel
• Open peer review at Sage
• What is Open Peer Review? A systematic review
• The Future is Open – Why a transparent peer review policy is worth our consideration
• 4 reasons you should engage with preprints
• Social Science Preprints in the Age of COVID-19
• What? Me, Review? 
• Embracing reciprocity: The vital role of peer review in academic scholarship

Journal Solutions Portal

If you have a specific question about peer review, take a look at the Reviewer section of Sage’s journal solutions portal.

If you can’t find the information you need on these pages or on the journal solutions portal, or if you have any feedback on the Sage Reviewer Gateway, please get in touch with us: journals@sagepub.com.