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rules for referees
DENNIS E. LOGUE
If you have been asked by the editor of a peer- reviewed journal to ref-
eree a paper, you should be honored. at you were asked is testimony
that you have risen to a position of some prominence in your field. If
the editor did not believe that you could do the job, you would not
have been asked. is is one price you pay for prominence.
If you are an experienced referee, then what I have written might
be properly viewed as reminders. If you are a novice, I hope this helps
in forming your approach to refereeing.
Let me be more specific. One reason you may have been asked is
that you are an associate editor of the journal. You have achieved a
position of honor in your field. e presumption is that you are capa ...