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Take our survey on Peer Review and you could win a $150 Amazon gift card   Dear Indiana, The Editors of Nature Immunology said it best:   The goals of peer review are both lofty and mundane. It is the responsibility of journals to administer an effective review system… Referees are expected to identify flaws, suggest improvements and assess novelty (providing citations of papers that detract from the impact of the paper under review).  If the manuscript is deemed important enough to be published in a high visibility journal, referees ensure that it is internally consistent, thereby ferreting out spurious conclusions or clumsy frauds. (1) In our ongoing effort to explore and understand global peer review processes and how peer-review comments are used both during and after a publishing decision is made, we invite you to take part in our survey investigating these issues. This survey also takes a closer look at previous submissions and how authors feel about declaring previous unsuccessful submissions and including peer reviewers’ comments when submitting a manuscript elsewhere. The survey will also explore views on the impact this has on perceptions of transparency of scientific research. The questions should take less than 10 minutes to complete. To show our appreciation for your participation, you will have the chance to enter a prize draw to win a £100/$150 Amazon gift card at the end of the survey. Please click the link below to begin. Take the survey Nature Publishing Group values your participation in developing its services and we ensure the highest standards of professional research and privacy in using the information that our readers provide. All results will be analysed in aggregate only and answers will never be associated with individual participants.   Contact Fiona Watt at f.watt@nature.com for full prize draw terms and conditions, or if you encounter any problems with this survey. Thanks for your feedback. Neil Adams, Publishing Manager, Pharma Solutions, Nature Publishing Group     (1)    “Reviewing Peer Review”, Nature Immunology, Vol. 4, No. 4, p. 297 (April, 2003).

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