Do peer review models affect junior doctors’ trust in journals?
A recently published study in Research Integrity and Peer Review, that surveyed 178 trainee doctors, finds that although peer review is perceived as an… Read more »
Jigisha Patel
Jigisha earned her first degree in Medicine and her PhD on postprandial physiology from Queen Mary, University of London. As well as spending several years in hospital clinical practice and a year at the National Institutes of Health for her PhD, Jigisha has taught on the Professional Development course for medical students at University College London Medical School and human biology at the Open University.
Jigisha joined BioMed Central in 2007 and had editorial responsibility for over 30 medical journals in the BMC Series. Jigisha leads the Research Integrity Group, with overall responsibility for BioMed Central’s strategy, standards and expertise in publication ethics and in high-quality, rigorous peer review.
Jigisha joined BioMed Central in 2007 and had editorial responsibility for over 30 medical journals in the BMC Series. Jigisha leads the Research Integrity Group, with overall responsibility for BioMed Central’s strategy, standards and expertise in publication ethics and in high-quality, rigorous peer review.
Latest posts by Jigisha Patel (see all)
- Do peer review models affect junior doctors’ trust in journals? - 4th July 2017
- Sharing peer review experiences and knowledge - 6th November 2015
- Quiz: How much of a specialist in peer review are you? - 6th November 2015
Sharing peer review experiences and knowledge
BMC Medicine has launched a new series of specialized ‘How to’ peer review articles written by experienced members of the journal’s editorial board.… Read more »
Quiz: How much of a specialist in peer review are you?
BMC Medicine recently published a new series on how to peer review, written by the journal's experienced editorial board members. In light of this, we've put… Read more »
Quiz: Can you navigate tricky peer review scenarios?
Following our How to Peer Review series, we've put together a quiz to test your knowledge on what can sometimes be a tricky task. With the aim of training you… Read more »
A beginner’s guide to peer review: Part Three
Previous posts in this series covered how to decide whether to accept an invitation to peer review and how to begin the peer review process. This post will… Read more »
A beginner’s guide to peer review: Part Two
You’ve accepted an invitation to peer review a paper. But where do you start? We take a look in the second of a series of step-by-step guides for the novice… Read more »
Publish or perish: is there an alternative?
The findings of the Nuffield Council report on the culture of science in the UK were discussed at the BioMed Central Editors’ Conference which took place in… Read more »
A beginner’s guide to peer review: Part One
How do you make decisions about whether or not to peer review an article? And where do you start? We discuss the ins and outs in the first of a series of… Read more »
Confidentiality versus transparency – a publisher’s dilemma
Openness and access to knowledge are at the foundations of BioMed Central's ethos. But there is an important area where total transparency needs to be balanced… Read more »
Update on peer review manipulation
Following the discovery amongst a handful of BioMed Central journals that some author-suggested reviewers appeared to be fabricated, we have undertaken a… Read more »