fa علوم پزشکی Medical Sciences نامه به سردبير Editorial <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="color:#26282a">This letter comes to you in the hope of emphasizing how important trained peer reviewers are for the scientific workflow of academic journals. Normally, between 1 and 3</span></span><span lang="EN"><span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="color:#26282a">&nbsp;independent reviewers&nbsp;are required to peer-review a single manuscript. Most papers in Elsevier, for instance, receive feedback from&nbsp;three peer reviewers; shorter papers, e.g. brief reports or short communications, may emerge in journals only by the approval of two peer reviewers. In certain cases, editors in chief may choose to review some journal submissions (such as commentaries and book reviews) themselves, and do without external peer reviewers. This is however considered as a subjective decision making, which may even lead to desk rejection in certain cases </span></span></span></span></span></span></div> Peer reviewers, Trained, Suggested 78 79 http://edujournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-12-79-5&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Nematullah Shomoossi nshomoossi@yahoo.com 5300319475328460023604 5300319475328460023604 No Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences Zahra Shomoossi radmostafa633@gmail.com 5300319475328460023605 5300319475328460023605 No Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mostafa Rad mostafarad633@yahoo.com 5300319475328460023606 5300319475328460023606 Yes Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences