Abstract
Emerging nursing scholars guide to peer reviewing an academic manuscript.
Highlights
The authors of a manuscript should use the introduction to state the main question addressed and summarize the goals, approaches and the conclusion of the paper
It is your job to determine if the authors have contextualized the research (Godlee & Jefferson, 2003; Polit & Beck, 2017; Wiley, 2019)
It is your job to determine if the authors have clearly described what the data showed and make sure they appropriately referenced the statistical analysis (Godlee & Jefferson, 2003; Polit & Beck, 2017; Wiley, 2019)
Summary
The authors of a manuscript should use the introduction to state the main question addressed and summarize the goals, approaches and the conclusion of the paper. The following is an example of how you might summarize your feed‐ back to authors: The authors did try to use the introduction to contex‐ tualize the problem in relation to published research/ reports, stating the importance of (insert topic). I was able to quickly identify the problem statement and I can understand how this problem is related to nursing. I had trouble understanding the variables involved in this study. Perhaps a better definition of (insert the variables) could be included in the opening paragraph. This could aid in understanding these concepts prior to reading the rest of the paper
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