Editor's Comments: Developing our Authors

Abstract

The author, editor of the publication, looks at the developmental approach to peer review of academic articles, described as practices which focus not only on evaluating or identifying weaknesses in an article but on providing guidance to the original author on how the article can be improved and on how he or she can become a better scholar. She contrasts effective developmental reviewing with practices she considers ineffective including ghostwriting the article. Other topics include the role of developmental reviewing in expanding inclusion and diversity in an academic field and its benefits for long-time as well as young scholars.