Editing Research (section)

=== Publication peer review ===
{{See also|Open peer review}}
[[Peer review]] is a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards of quality, improve performance, and provide credibility. In academia, [[scholarly peer review]] is often used to determine an academic paper's suitability for publication. Usually, the peer review process involves experts in the same field who are consulted by editors to give a review of the scholarly works produced by a colleague of theirs from an unbiased and impartial point of view, and this is usually done free of charge. The tradition of peer reviews being done for free has however brought many pitfalls which are also indicative of why most peer reviewers decline many invitations to review.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peerviewer.com/freelance-peer-review-scholarly-journals/|title=Peer Review of Scholarly Journal|website=www.PeerViewer.com|language=en-US|date=June 2017|access-date=29 July 2017|archive-date=30 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730015618/http://peerviewer.com/freelance-peer-review-scholarly-journals/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was observed that publications from periphery countries rarely rise to the same elite status as those of North America and Europe.<ref name="Canagarajah" />