Scientific and medical literature shared through open access channels is growing exponentially. New journals are published each passing day, consequently competing for quality and relevance by attracting submissions, as well as attracting and retaining a pool of experienced reviewers.
The Pan African Medical Journal (PAMJ) benefits from the support of a wide range of professionals, from the biomedical and public health fields, who performed critical review of manuscripts. The map below shows the global footprint of these professionals.
Reviewers play an undeniable role in maintaining the quality of scientific publications by freely sharing their time, expertise, resourceful minds, and knowledge. We consistently seek to partner with enthusiastic and experienced professionals to review manuscripts submitted to our journals and help authors turn them into winning publications. To serve as reviewer for the PAMJ, complete the form below and you will be added to the PAMJ Reviewers Database.
Adejumo Oluseyi Ademola , Nigeria | Li Zhiping , China |
Nikbakht Hossein-ali , Iran | Tii Kumbeni Maxwell , Ghana |
çakir Salih çağri , Turkey | Abbas Bushra , Iraq |
Abdulkadir Abdurrahman , Nigeria | Abebe Amene , Ethiopia |
Abid Hussein , Iraq | Abubakari Braimah , Ghana |
Ademe Ayesheshem , Ethiopia | Adewale Boluwatife , Nigeria |
Adewole Adefisoye , Nigeria | Afework Bezawit , Ethiopia |
Agada Nicaise Kpegnon , Benin | Agyei-nkansah Adwoa , Ghana |
Ajayi Oluseyi , South Africa | Ajepe Titilope Oluwatobiloba , Nigeria |
Ajiboye Dr Akinyosoye , Nigeria | Alé Dr Boni Maxime , Kenya |
Al-thuwaini Tahreer , Iraq | Alagbe Adekunle , Nigeria |
Alali Aloni , Nigeria | Amoah Veronica , Ghana |
Amorha Kosisochi , Nigeria | Aqma Wan Syaidatul , Malaysia |
Ariyo Oluwaseun , Nigeria | Arrab Raja , Morocco |
Askarpour Mohammad Reza , Iran | Auf Tamis , Egypt |
Awaisu Mudi , Nigeria | Azmach Nuredin , Ethiopia |
Badheeb , Saudi Arabia | Balti Eric , Belgium |
Banda Justor , Zambia | Bechem Efuetnkeng , Cameroon |
Belec Laurent , France | Bello Yusuf Olatunji , Nigeria |
Bello Hamza , Nigeria | Bello Isah Mohammed , Zimbabwe |
Ben Saad Ahmed , Tunisia | Bitew Denekew , Ethiopia |
Biya Oladayo , United States | Biyazin Tsegaw , Ethiopia |
Brooks Meredith B , United States | Carod Jean-françois , French Guiana |
Dagnaw Yalemtsehay , Ethiopia | Dagnaw Yilkal , Ethiopia |
Daniyan Mohammed , Nigeria | Daoud Souad , Algeria |
Dator Leila Wireen , Saudi Arabia | Daulatabad Dr Vandana , India |
Dehayem Mesmin , Cameroon | Dessalew Yaregal , Ethiopia |
Djoutsop Olga , United States | Donkor Arnold , Ghana |
Dossou Mehome Wilfried , France | Dunn Robert , South Africa |
Eboreime-oikeh Imesidayo , Nigeria | Edet Lucy , Nigeria |
Eduvie Titilola , Nigeria | Egu Chinedu , United Kingdom |
El Bouazzi Omaima , Morocco | El Ghali Mohamed Amine , Tunisia |
Elzoghby Safaa , Egypt | Erdogan Ozgur , Turkey |
Eslahi Ali , Iran | Ezzeldeen Eman , Egypt |
Faponle Adegboyega , Nigeria | Fehintola Dr Akintunde , Nigeria |
Fehintola Funmito , Nigeria | Ficenec Samuel C , United States |
Francis Joel , South Africa | Garzali Ibrahim Umar , Nigeria |
Gashaw Zeytu , Ethiopia | Gborgblorvor Delphine , Ghana |
Goyal Chanan , India | Gupta Mainak , India |
Hadrya Fatine , Morocco | Hassan Samar , Sudan |
Helal Imed , Tunisia | Hidoussi Emna , Tunisia |
Hussein Mahmoud , Lebanon | Ibrahim Maha , Egypt |
Ijarotimi Omotade Adebimpe , Nigeria | Iroko Davidson , Ghana |
Iugetti Lorenzo , Italy | Jabbar Omar Abdul , Malaysia |
Jati Monalisa , India | Jawad Rasha , Iraq |
Jean Uwingabiye , Morocco | Kadouri Youssef , Morocco |
Kalpana Thakur , India | Kamadjeu Raoul , United States |
Kamtchum Tatuene Joseph , Canada | Karbalay-doust Saied , Iran |
Katoto Patrick , South Africa | Katte Jean Claude , Cameroon |
Kawira Rosemary , Kenya | Kececi Tolga , Turkey |
Kerebeh Gashaw , Ethiopia | Khanna Sandeep , India |
Kumar Sahu Pradeep , India | Lahri Saâ´ad , South Africa |
Leila Mnif , Tunisia | Madziyire Mugove , Zimbabwe |
Maheshwari Pankaj , India | Maji Subhajit , India |
Mamo Fedhesa , Ethiopia | Mangwi Ayiasi Richard , Uganda |
Mboumba Bouassa Ralph-sydney , Gabon | Mchaile Deborah , Tanzania |
Mekasha Amha , Ethiopia | Meriam Hajji , Tunisia |
Mitiku Kassahun Desta , Ethiopia | Mochhoury Latifa , Morocco |
Mokaya Evans , South Sudan | Molla Wondwosen , Ethiopia |
Moltot Tebabere , Ethiopia | Mpabuka Etienne , Rwanda |
Mujugira Andrew , Uganda | Murewanhema Grant , Zimbabwe |
Musa Shuaibu Saidu , Nigeria | Mwanzi Sitna , Kenya |
Mwape-kamanga Kapambwe , Zambia | N. Jawad Salam , Iraq |
Naiene Jeremias , Congo | Nashaat Hegazy Nagwa , Egypt |
Ndemwa Morris , Kenya | Ngah Vera , South Africa |
Ngeh Etienne , Cameroon | Nhokovedzo Polite , Zimbabwe |
Njura Njeru Mercy , United States | Nkeck Jan Rene , Cameroon |
Nsabi Simbila Alphonce , Tanzania | Nsabi Simbila Alphonce , Tanzania |
Nugussu Gurmessa , Ethiopia | Nwabuoku Emeka , Nigeria |
Nyalundja Arsene Daniel , Democratic Republic Of The Congo | Nyeche Solomon , Nigeria |
Nze Obiang Pascal Christian , Gabon | Ofori Sandra , Canada |
Ojong Dr Samuel , Cameroon | Olobatoke Tunde , Nigeria |
Ontsi Obame Fresnel Lutčce , Morocco | Parker Robert , Kenya |
Rebollo Maria P , Congo | Reda Norhan , Egypt |
Roble Abdurahman Kedir , Ethiopia | Sacgaca Lailani , Saudi Arabia |
Sackey Samuel , Ghana | Saleh Mohamed Salem Nasrallah , Qatar |
Salman Hamzah Abdulrahman , Iraq | Sebopelo Lorraine , Botswana |
Siamisang Keatlaretse , Botswana | Simo Pone , Cameroon |
Sithole Zvanaka , Zimbabwe | Sodha Hiren , India |
Solomon Chieloka Okoli , Nigeria | Sonkoue P. Martial , Cameroon |
Sousa Ines C , Portugal | Sousa-ribeiro Marta , Sweden |
Tazinkeng Nkengeh , Cameroon | Teferi Girma , Ethiopia |
Temesgen Kibir , Ethiopia | Terefe Gemechu , Ethiopia |
Tochie Dr Joel , Cameroon | Tsague Landry , Senegal |
Turki Mariem , Tunisia | Ubesie Agozie , Nigeria |
Verma Shobha , India | Wafeu Guy Sadeu , Cameroon |
Wodaynew Tilahun , Ethiopia | Wogayehu Biruk , Ethiopia |
Wycliff Katwesige , Uganda | Yaouba Djibrilla , Cameroon |
Yetwale Aynalem , Ethiopia | Yousef Khader , Jordan |
Zerouali Khalid , Morocco |
1. Key points
What is peer-review
The peer review process is a key element of the scientific process. During the peer review process, the submitted manuscript go through a thorough examination of manuscripts by other scientists (peer) who will read the article to adherence its adherence to the highest level of scientific method and make a motivated recommendation to the managing editors.
The peer-review process in PAMJ
At PAMJ, we review all the material we receive. The editors of PAMJ perform an internal peer-review at the end of which, a manuscript can be rejected, accepted or submitted for external peer-review.
During the initial internal review, the editors focus on the overall look of the manuscript, adherence to journal standards, the quality of the written language. At this stage, we also focus on the topic addressed in the manuscript, its relevance to the journal audience, its originality, adherence to publication and research ethics. The overall methodology of the work is also reviewed at this stage to try to identify gross methodological shortfalls. Most of the manuscripts will not be send for external peer review at this stage to avoid spending valuable reviewers time. We may eventually request the authors to submit a revised version of their manuscript at this stage.
Initial internal review
The editor in charge of the manuscript conduct and initial assessment of the manuscript. This assessment aims to ensure that the submission adheres to the journal instructions for authors. The editors may decide at this stage to reject the manuscript.
1. Internal peer review
This review is conducted by a managing editor, a science editor or an associate editor to assess the relevance of the manuscript, its importance to our readership, its scientific quality, and eventually identify obvious or flagrant issues with the submission including in the ethical aspects. The managing editor, science editor, or associate editor (see the journal staff page) can decide at this stage to either reject the manuscript or request revisions. The internal peer review will also focus on the submission adherence to existing scientific writing guidances such as CARE, STROBE, PRISMA, etc.. Submission in the categories Case reports, Images in Clinical Medicine are usually not externally peer-reviewed, but internally reviewed the a managing editor, a science editor, an associate editor or a member of the editorial board.
2. External peer review
The PAMJ employs a single-blind peer review process where the author do not know who is the reviewer of his/her submission while the reviewer has all details of the authors of the manuscript and their affiliation.
PAMJ uses online peer review to speed up the publication process. Submitted manuscripts will be sent to peer reviewers, unless they are either out of scope or below threshold for the journal, or the presentation or written English/French is of an unacceptably low standard.
A declaration of competing interests is requested from all reviewers through the online peer-review platform.
The ultimate responsibility for any decision lies with the managing editor or science editor in charge of the manuscript to whom any appeals against rejection should be addressed.
Authors can be asked to provide the contact details (including e-mail addresses) of at least 2 potential peer reviewers for their manuscript in case the journal is not able to identify appropriate reviewers because of the complexity or rarity of the topic under study. These should be experts in their field of study, who will be able to provide an objective assessment of the manuscript. Suggested peer reviewers should not have published with any of the authors of the manuscript within the past five years and should not be members of the same research institution. Suggested reviewers will be considered, as much as possible, alongside potential reviewers identified by their publication record.
To guide the peer-review process, the PAMJ provides a checklist adapted from the Review Criteria for Research Manuscripts 2nd Edition (AAMC). the Reviewers are asked whether the manuscript is scientifically sound and coherent, how interesting it is and whether the quality of the writing is acceptable. Where possible, the final decision is made on the basis that the peer reviewers are in accordance with one another, or that at least there is no strong dissenting view. In cases where there is strong disagreement either among peer reviewers or between the authors and peer reviewers, advice is sought from a member of the journal's Editorial Board.
Download an overview of PAMJ review template (PDF 105 KB).
To facilitate the assessment of manuscript by peer-reviewers, PAMJ provides a peer-review form. The peer reviewers will provide their expert judgment on the quality (general aspects, objectives, methods, majors revisions, minor revisions, opinion on whether or not the manuscript should be published). A copy of the reviewer´s template is available here.
Other material exists that could be of help to peer-reviewers, we encourage potential peer-reviewers to look at them:
How do we reward our reviewers
Reviewers for the PAMJ can elect to receive a reviewer certificate through the PAMJ Manuscript Hut; the manuscript management and peer review system for all PAMJ Journals. We also allow reviewers to opt to have their review report posted on Publons, a reviewer recognition platform. Lastly, reviewers for the PAMJ can claim for a waiver for article processing charges at their next submission to any of the affiliated PAMJ journals.
The PAMJ is always looking for enthusiastic, experienced and dedicated professionals to review the multiple manuscripts we received every year. By filling this form, you will be automatically added to the PAMJ Reviewer Database. Provide complete information, including a short bio sketch including your past and current experience, your work interest and your current affiliation; this information will help us identify the appropriate manuscript for you to review.
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