A year ago we debuted the “peer-review statement” in The Journal to emphasize our commitment to pre-publication peer review and to the rigorous, double-blind peer-review process that is integral to our editorial standards.
Today we are happy to announce our participation in PRE-val, the flagship service offered by PRE (Peer Review Evaluation). Our readers will notice the PRE-val badge above the article title for most JBJS articles published on our website in the past 12 months. Clicking on the badge reveals the PRE-val window, which provides detail about the peer review for that particular article. We know that your confidence in the reliability of the information published in The Journal will be increased by the enhanced transparency of our peer-review process.
As a result of the commitment to peer review shared by JBJS and PRE, our Board of Trustees approved the acquisition of PRE in 2014. We are excited about this launch, and we look forward to the implementation of this valuable service on the sites of our partner publishers over the coming months. You can learn more about PRE here. Of course, we welcome your feedback; please let us know what you think of this initiative by writing to us at info@jbjs.org.
Medical publishing continues to evolve-sometimes to keep up with technology, sometimes due to financial constraints, and, unfortunately, sometimes in ways that make some of us uncomfortable-but readers of JBJS can be assured that our commitment to peer review and the quality it helps us to achieve will not waver. “Excellence Through Peer Review” will always remain a critical element of our core mission.
–Mady Tissenbaum, Publisher, JBJS