Tips and tricks for how to become a good reviewer

Abstract

Peer review is an essential process to ensure that scientiic articles meet high standards of methodology, ethics and quality. The peer-review process is a part of the academic mission for physicians in the university setting. The work of reviewers is of great value for authors, as it gives constructive criticism and improves manuscript quality before publication. Often, however, reviews are of suboptimal quality. Usually, reviewers do not receive formal training either on how to perform a review or on the peer-review process. In addition, it is generally believed that experienced authors are great reviewers, but this may not always be true. The overarching goal of a review is to make the manuscript better; to help the authors. The purpose of this article is to ofer relevant suggestions and provide a checklist on how to perform a useful review.

The only constant in life is change: A moment of gratitude and respect for the past and a start for the new KSSTA team!

“…Under his guidance, KSSTA has tremendously grown in both the quantity and quality of submissions and publications, solidifying its position among the top 10 journals in the field of orthopaedics and sports traumatology. Jon Karlsson has always embraced and introduced new ways of disseminating the voice of KSSTA in the scientific community [1,5,8,[12][13][14], alongside leading numerous educational initiatives aimed at teaching younger, less skilled researchers with the basic publishing skills set needed [2,4,6,7,[9][10][11]. In addition, he has built a fantastic team of editors and associate editors for whom he served as a role model.…”