Peer Review Worksheet

Peer Review Worksheet

July 2024

 

Peer Review Worksheet for Scientific Research Paper


Your Name:________________________________


Author(s) of Paper:___________________________________________________


Instructions for Reviewers:


  1. Provide honest and constructive feedback.
  1. Be specific in your comments, especially when suggesting improvements.
  1. Keep your comments professional and respectful.
  1. Rating scale 1-5:  1 = lowest     5 = highest

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Introduction and Background

__Identify the question/problem to be addressed? ___________________________________________________________________
__Is the question/problem very clear and understandable?  Scale 1-5
__Does the background discuss previous designs or research and their limitations?  Scale 1-5
__Does the background include relevant scientific concepts?  Scale 1-5
__Overall, does the author provide enough background information to give you an understanding of the problem and its importance?   Scale 1-5 
​__Provide two suggestions for things that could be added to the background to support the problem.

1._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________



  1. Identify the hypothesis or engineering design statement.  __________________________________________________________________
  1. Does the hypothesis or engineering design statement make sense based on the problem and background information?   Scale 1-5 

Methods


  1. Did the author list all the steps logically and clearly?  Scale 1-5 
  1. Could you repeat the experiment or build the prototype based on the information provided? Identify additional information needed or if more clarity is needed. Scale 1-5

Results


  1. Are the results presented clearly and logically? What additional information could be added to help you understand? Scale 1-5
Discussion

  1. Does the discussion explain the results and how they relate to the hypothesis or engineering design statement?  Scale 1-5
  2. Provide two suggestions for how the author could add to their discussion to make it more clear and understandable. 

1._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________



Conclusion
  1. Does the conclusion address successes, potential changes, and future investigations? Scale 1-5

Overall Assessment


  1. Is the writing easy to understand?  Scale 1-5
  1. Does the paper flow logically?  Scale 1-5
  1. Identify two strengths of the paper. 

1._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________



Identify two areas for improvement.

1._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


2._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


  1. Provide your overall impression of the paper.  Scale 1-5

Additional Comments

Please provide any additional comments or suggestions for the author(s).