Why are manuscripts reviewed?
First, PAR receives hundreds of manuscripts each year. The editors could not possibly read and judge them all fairly. Second, peer review assures the quality and impartiality of the selection process. Third, peer review protects the journal from incorrect information, misleading interpretations, and in many cases from publishing old, recycled manuscripts or manuscripts that have been published elsewhere. Fourth, academics get more “credit” for peer reviewed articles than for non peer reviewed articles as the standards for peer review are normally considered more rigorous.
