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Elizabeth A Gazza1, April D Matthias, Megan Atkins
1About the Authors Elizabeth A. Gazza, PhD, RN, LCCE, FACCE, ANEF, is professor, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW), Wilmington, North Carolina. April D. Matthias, PhD, RN, CNE, is professor and MSN-Nurse Educator Programs coordinator, UNCW School of Nursing. Megan Atkins, is a BSN student, UNCW School of Nursing. The authors acknowledge the participants who volunteered to share their experience as peer reviewers for professional nursing journals with the researchers. Contact Dr. Gazza at gazzae@uncw.edu for more information.
Aim:
The aim of this study was to uncover what it is like to be a novice peer reviewer for journals that publish articles that can influence nursing education and/or practice.
Background:
Comprehensive and effective approaches to reviewer development, based on reviewer experience, were not reported in the literature.
Method:
The study followed a hermeneutic phenomenological approach. Data were collected via personal interviews and a demographic questionnaire.
Results:
Eleven novice reviewers, who had reviewed no more than five journal manuscripts, participated in the study. Thematic analysis uncovered five themes: sitting at the grown-up's table, building and using the toolbox, putting in the human factor, assuming this is what you're looking for, and appreciating the experience.
Conclusion:
This study is the first to uncover the experience of being a novice journal peer reviewer. Findings can inform the creation of comprehensive development programs to support new and continuing journal peer reviewers.
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