Why reviewers review

By assessing the quality and validity of another author’s work, within the same area of expertise, reviewers:

• Uphold the integrity of the journal by identifying invalid research, as well as helping to maintain the quality standards of the journal
  
  
• Fulfill a sense of duty to the scientific community and their own area of concentration
  
  
• Establish relationships with reputable journals and may also increase their opportunities to be invited to join an Editorial Board
  
  
• Reciprocate the same courtesy shown to them when other reviewers review their own authored works
  
  
• Establish their expertise in and knowledge of the field
  
  
• Increase their reputation and exposure in the field
  
  
• Stay up to date and “in the loop” with respect to their discipline’s literature
  
  
• Have access to the very latest research and discoveries in the field prior to colleagues
  
  
• Learn about their discipline as well as exercise the critical thinking skills essential to the practice of science.