这篇博客文章已经cross-posted from Simon’s blog.

Research Involvement and Engagement涉及具有独特治理结构的学者，政策制定者，患者和服务使用者。该杂志欢迎参与或从事研究的任何人的文章，以支持，鼓励或交付研究过程或结构中的患者和公众声音。

Assuring the validity and coherence of submissions to this journal and their published findings is dependent on the service and judgment of the journal’s peer reviewers, with submissions peer reviewed by both academic and patient reviewers, and their reports carrying equal weight in the editorial decisions. The journal’s editors therefore invite you to join as peer reviewers willing to be invited to complete specialist peer review of submissions to the Research Involvement and Engagement journal.

The journal encourages you to consider supporting this initiative, which provides an essential service to assure the quality of these research outputs. In addition to recording the role of peer reviewer for Research Involvement and Engagement on CVs, the journal can provide a branded letter to record peer review contributions on request. As an ‘Open Peer Review’ journal, you can also link to the freely accessible reviewer reports, which are published alongside articles in Research Involvement and Engagement.

I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing for the Research Involvement and Engagement journal for two years now, and it really is a rewarding experience.

研究的参与和参与度了解到，如果没有慷慨的时间和有见地的评论，审稿人的努力经常被认为是无法识别的。由于这些原因，期刊每年公开承认其同行评审者.

My experience of being a peer reviewer

I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing for the Research Involvement and Engagement journal for two years now, and it really is a rewarding experience. Not only are you learning about new research areas, methods, and results, but you’re also developing your own critical thinking skills, which are invaluable for so many different aspects of work. In addition, the role of patient reviewers is invaluable, as your expertise really does matter. Your questions can help the authors of submitted manuscripts to refine their outputs, so that they’re of the highest quality, and most accessible to the community. The journal publishes all of its peer reviews online, once (and if) an article is accepted for publication. You can take a look at other examples of previous peer reviews on the journal website, to see what may go into your written review. The journal does provide guidance on what you may want to look for when reviewing, but这是一个例子我在2016年进行的一项评论。

Register to become a peer reviewer

要注册以加入同伴审稿人的研究参与和参与期刊，请通过电子邮件将编辑办公室（Biomed Central，BMC）发送给主题行'作为患者同行评审者注册’ to Jansen Mabilangan:jansen.mabilangan@biomedcentral.com.

Once you have registered your interest via email, a member of the Research Involvement and Engagement Editorial Team will enter your contact details onto their secure ‘Editorial Manager’ database as a peer reviewer, and you will receive an automated e-mail, with a link to enable you to activate your ‘Editorial Manager’ account. When activating your account online, you will be able to indicate your classifications or areas of expertise, so you are sent manuscripts to peer review that align with your interests (for example, asthma, diabetes, lupus, cancer).