PMID: 34413120. A step-by-step guide to peer review: a model for patients and novice reviewers. Liz and Charlotte, 3. Author information, Tips for Peer Review: A Guide for Researchers. Olena and Armen Yuri. Author Information Article Notes Copyright and License Information The Peer Review Guidelines provide basic principles and standards that all reviewers must adhere to during the review process. Peer review in research publication. Peer reviewers play a central and essential role in the peer review process, but too often arrive at this role without any guidance and unaware of their ethical obligations. Give a copy of your article to each of your peer reviewers. Read your paper out loud, pausing slowly at the end of each paragraph to give yourself and your reviewers time to write. comments. When you have finished reading, discuss each person's answers candidly. Make sure the writer has done this.