Scientific and medical literature shared through open access channels is growing exponentially. New journals are published each passing day, consequently competing for quality and relevance by attracting submissions, as well as attracting and retaining a pool of experienced reviewers.
The PAMJ-One Health (PAMJ-OH) benefits from the support of a wide range of professionals, from the biomedical and public health fields, who performed critical review of manuscripts. The map below shows the global footprint of these professionals.
Reviewers play an undeniable role in maintaining the quality of scientific publications by freely sharing their time, expertise, resourceful minds, and knowledge. We consistently seek to partner with enthusiastic and experienced professionals to review manuscripts submitted to our journals and help authors turn them into winning publications. To serve as reviewer for the PAMJ-OH, complete the form below and you will be added to the PAMJ-OH Reviewers Database.
Adejumo Oluseyi Ademola , Nigeria | Alexakis Lykourgos Christos, Germany |
Djoba Siawaya Joel Fleury, Gabon | Kappiah Jamilatu , Ghana |
Li Zhiping , China | Naidu Gm , India |
Nikbakht Hossein-ali , Iran | Tii Kumbeni Maxwell , United States |
Tsetsos Nikolaos , Greece | çakir Salih çağri , TURKEY |
Abbas Bushra , Iraq | Abdissa Senbeta , Ethiopia |
Abdulkadir Abdurrahman , Nigeria | Abebe Amene , Ethiopia |
Abid Hussein , Iraq | Abikoye Temiloluwa , United States |
Abu Serhan Hashem , Jordan | Abubakari Braimah , Ghana |
Ademe Ayesheshem , Ethiopia | Adewale Boluwatife , Nigeria |
Adewole Adefisoye , Nigeria | Adugnaw Emebet , Ethiopia |
Adukpo Selorme , Ghana | Afework Bezawit , Ethiopia |
Agada Nicaise Kpegnon , Benin | Agyei-nkansah Adwoa , Ghana |
Ahmed Faisal , Yemen | Ajayi Oluseyi , South Africa |
Ajepe Titilope Oluwatobiloba , Nigeria | Ajiboye Dr Akinyosoye , Nigeria |
Akinwumi Adebowale , Nigeria | Akuze Joseph , Uganda |
Al Dosari Khalid , Saudi Arabia | Alé Dr Boni Maxime , Kenya |
Al-hebshi Abdulqader , Saudi Arabia | Al-thuwaini Tahreer , Iraq |
Al-wageeh Saleh , Yemen | Alagbe Adekunle , Nigeria |
Alali Aloni , Nigeria | Alhassan Abass , United Kingdom |
Aliyu Galadanci Dr Najibah, Nigeria | Almajali Ashraf , Jordan |
Ameme Donne Kofi , Ghana | Amoah Veronica , Ghana |
Amorha Kosisochi , Nigeria | Amuzie Chidinma , Nigeria |
Andaloro Claudio , Italy | Aqma Wan Syaidatul , Malaysia |
Ariyo Oluwaseun , Nigeria | Arrab Raja , Morocco |
Askarpour Mohammad Reza , Iran | Asmamaw Dejenie Tadesse , United States |
Auf Tamis , Egypt | Awaisu Mudi , Nigeria |
Ayisi Kwame Nana K., Ghana | Azmach Nuredin , Ethiopia |
Badheeb , Saudi Arabia | Balti Eric , Belgium |
Banda Justor , Zambia | Bazrafshan Amir , Iran |
Bechem Efuetnkeng , Cameroon | Bekolo Cavin Epie , Cameroon |
Belec Laurent , France | Bello Yusuf Olatunji , Nigeria |
Bello Hamza , Nigeria | Bello Isah Mohammed , Zimbabwe |
Ben Saad Ahmed , Tunisia | Benjelloun Ghizlane , Morocco |
Birabwa-oketcho Harriet , Uganda | Bitew Denekew , Ethiopia |
Biya Oladayo , United States | Biyazin Tsegaw , Ethiopia |
Brooks Meredith B , United States | Bruine De Bruin Wã¤ndi, United States |
Bukenya Dr Justine , Uganda | Carod Jean-françois , French Guiana |
Chadambuka Addmore , Zimbabwe | Chambe Geraldo , Mozambique |
Chaudhary Neha , India | Cheptum Joyce Jebet , Kenya |
Chimene Munashe , Zimbabwe | Dagnaw Yalemtsehay , Ethiopia |
Dagnaw Yilkal , Ethiopia | Daniyan Mohammed , Nigeria |
Daoud Souad , Algeria | Dator Leila Wireen , Saudi Arabia |
Daulatabad Dr Vandana , India | Debbarma Alak , India |
Dehayem Mesmin , Cameroon | Dessalew Yaregal , Ethiopia |
Djoutsop Olga , United States | Donkor Arnold , Ghana |
Dossou Mehome Wilfried , France | Dunn Robert , South Africa |
Eboreime-oikeh Imesidayo , Nigeria | Edet Lucy , Nigeria |
Eduvie Titilola , Nigeria | Egu Chinedu , United Kingdom |
Ekpenyong Aniekan , Nigeria | El Bote Hicham , Morocco |
El Bouazzi Omaima , Morocco | El Ghali Mohamed Amine , Tunisia |
Elzoghby Safaa , Egypt | Erdogan Ozgur , Turkey |
Eslahi Ali , Iran | Etienne Mpabuka , Rwanda |
Ezenwa Beatrice , Nigeria | Ezzeldeen Eman , Egypt |
Fahsi Othemane , Morocco | Faponle Adegboyega , Nigeria |
Fehintola Dr Akintunde , Nigeria | Fehintola Funmito , Nigeria |
Fenta , Ethiopia | Ficenec Samuel C , United States |
Francis Joel , South Africa | Garzali Ibrahim Umar , Nigeria |
Gashaw Zeytu , Ethiopia | Gborgblorvor Delphine , Ghana |
Geoff Depaula , United States | Ghammem Rim , Tunisia |
Gidado Saheed , | Girma Belaineh , Malawi |
Gitta Sheba , United States | Gitta Sheba , UGANDA |
Gombe Notion , Uganda | Goyal Chanan , INDIA |
Gueye Papa , France | Gupta Mainak , India |
Hadrya Fatine , Morocco | Harper Abigael , South Africa |
Hassan Samar , Sudan | Helal Imed , Tunisia |
Hidoussi Emna , Tunisia | Hussein Mahmoud , Lebanon |
Ibrahim Maha , Egypt | Ijarotimi Omotade Adebimpe , Nigeria |
Ioannou Petros , Greece | Iroko Davidson , Ghana |
Iugetti Lorenzo , Italy | Jabbar Omar Abdul , Malaysia |
Jacob P. Prof Kwaga , Nigeria | Jati Monalisa , India |
Jatoi Hafsa Nazir , Pakistan | Jawad Rasha , Iraq |
Jean Uwingabiye , Morocco | Jolaoluwa Awosanya Dr Emmanuel , Nigeria |
Kabir Musa Muhammad , Nigeria | Kadouri Youssef , Morocco |
Kaharuza Frank , Uganda | Kalpana Thakur , India |
Kamadjeu Raoul , United States | Kamtchum Tatuene Joseph , Canada |
Kannaujiya Vijay , India | Karbalay-doust Saied , Iran |
Katoto Patrick , South Africa | Katte Jean Claude , CAMEROON |
Kawira Rosemary , Kenya | Kececi Tolga , Turkey |
Kerebeh Gashaw , Ethiopia | Kgatla Hellen , South Africa |
Khanna Sandeep , India | Kimanzi Virginia , Kenya |
Kiondo Paul , Uganda | Kizito Dr Susan , Uganda |
Kumar Sahu Pradeep , India | Ladeia-andrade Simone , Brazil |
Lahri Saâ´ad , South Africa | Laker-oketta Miriam , Uganda |
Leila Mnif , Tunisia | Lucien Dahourou Dã©sirã© , Burkina Faso |
Lumu William , Uganda | Lutaakome Dr Joseph , Uganda |
Madziyire Mugove , Zimbabwe | Mahadi Iddrisu , Ghana |
Maheshwari Pankaj , India | Mahmoud Moustafa , Egypt |
Maji Subhajit , India | Makhaola Kgomotso , Botswana |
Mamo Fedhesa , ETHIOPIA | Mangwi Ayiasi Richard , UGANDA |
Mboumba Bouassa Ralph-sydney , Gabon | Mchaile Deborah , Tanzania |
Mekasha Amha , ETHIOPIA | Meriam Hajji , TUNISIA |
Mijbil Ubaid Moayad , Iraq | Mitiku Kassahun Desta , Ethiopia |
Mochhoury Latifa , Morocco | Mokaya Evans , South Sudan |
Molla Wondwosen , Ethiopia | Moltot Tebabere , Ethiopia |
Moolla Muhammad Saadiq, South Africa | Mpabuka Etienne , Rwanda |
Mugerwa Ibrahim , Uganda | Mugisha Lawrence , |
Mujugira Andrew , Uganda | Murewanhema Grant , Zimbabwe |
Musa Shuaibu Saidu , Nigeria | Mwangala Situmbeko , Zambia |
Mwansa Chola , Democratic Republic Of The Congo | Mwanzi Sitna , Kenya |
Mwape-kamanga Kapambwe , Zambia | Mwesiga Allan , Uganda |
N. Jawad Salam , Iraq | Naiene Jeremias , Congo |
Najmi Imane , Morocco | Nakigozi Dr. Gertrude , Uganda |
Nakimera Sheba Loy , Congo | Nakiyingi Dr. Lydia , Uganda |
Nashaat Hegazy Nagwa , Egypt | Nasrollahi Hamid , Iran |
Ndemwa Morris , KENYA | Ndou Robert , South Africa |
Ngah Vera , South Africa | Ngeh Etienne , Cameroon |
Nguku Patrick M , Nigeria | Nhokovedzo Polite , Zimbabwe |
Njura Njeru Mercy , United States | Nkeck Jan Rene , Cameroon |
Nmadu Awawu Grace , Nigeria | Nsabi Simbila Alphonce , Tanzania |
Nsabi Simbila Alphonce , Tanzania | Nugussu Gurmessa , Ethiopia |
Nwabuoku Emeka , Nigeria | Nyalundja Arsene Daniel , Democratic Republic Of The Congo |
Nyeche Solomon , Nigeria | Nze Obiang Pascal Christian , Gabon |
Ocheke Amaka , Nigeria | Odusan Olatunde , Nigeria |
Ofori Emmanuel , Ghana | Ofori Sandra , Canada |
Ojo Opeyemi , Nigeria | Ojong Dr Samuel , Cameroon |
Olobatoke Tunde , Nigeria | Ontsi Obame Fresnel Lutèce , Morocco |
Otieno Ngayo Musa , Kenya | Owoade Israel Adeyemi , Nigeria |
Ozodiegwu Ifeoma , United States | Parker Robert , Kenya |
Raj Jeffrey P , India | Rani Padmaja K , India |
Razã£o De Deus Nilsa , Mozambique | Rebollo Maria P , Congo |
Reda Norhan , Egypt | Roble Abdurahman Kedir , Ethiopia |
Sacgaca Lailani , Saudi Arabia | Sackey Samuel , Ghana |
Sahoo Bibhuti Bhusan , India | Said Abdirahman Ibrahim , Uganda |
Saleh Mohamed Salem Nasrallah , Qatar | Salman Hamzah Abdulrahman , Iraq |
Sanikommu Suresh , Saudi Arabia | Sanni Felix , Nigeria |
Sebopelo Lorraine , Botswana | Shambira Donald , Zimbabwe |
Shehata Mohamed , Bahrain | Siamisang Keatlaretse , Botswana |
Sidat Mohsin , Mozambique | Simba Justus , Kenya |
Simo Pone , Cameroon | Singh Pulkesh , India |
Sinyange Nyambe , Zambia | Sisay Abay , Ethiopia |
Sithole Zvanaka , Zimbabwe | Sodha Hiren , India |
Soliman Menna , Egypt | Solomon Chieloka Okoli , Nigeria |
Sonkoue P. Martial , Cameroon | Sousa Ines C , Portugal |
Sousa-ribeiro Marta , Sweden | Sumaila Issah , Ghana |
Taabukk Kigen Hudson , Kenya | Tai Sarah , Kenya |
Tanwar Deepak , India | Tazinkeng Nkengeh , Cameroon |
Teferi Girma , Ethiopia | Temesgen Kibir , Ethiopia |
Terefe Gemechu , Ethiopia | Terranti Idris , Algeria |
Timotius Ivan Hariyanto , Indonesia | Tochie Dr Joel , Cameroon |
Tsague Landry , Senegal | Tshimanga Professor Mufuta , Zimbabwe |
Turki Mariem , Tunisia | Ubesie Agozie , NIGERIA |
Ubom Akaninyene Eseme , Nigeria | Ubong Okon , Nigeria |
Umeokonkwo Chukwuma David , Nigeria | Vekaria-hirani Varsha , Kenya |
Verma Shobha , India | Wafeu Guy Sadeu , Cameroon |
Wamala Dr Joseph Francis , South Sudan | Wodaynew Tilahun , Ethiopia |
Wogayehu Biruk , Ethiopia | Wycliff Katwesige , Uganda |
Yaouba Djibrilla , Cameroon | Yetwale Aynalem , Ethiopia |
Yombo Dan Justin Kalenda , United States | Young Ekenechukwu , United Kingdom |
Yousef Khader , JORDAN | Zakumumpa Dr Henry , Uganda |
Zerouali Khalid , Morocco | Zewotir Temesgen , South Africa |
1. Key points
What is peer-review
The peer review process is a key element of the scientific process. During the peer review process, the submitted manuscript go through a thorough examination of manuscripts by other scientists (peer) who will read the article to adherence its adherence to the highest level of scientific method and make a motivated recommendation to the managing editors.
The peer-review process in PAMJ-OH
At PAMJ-OH, we review all the material we receive. The editors of PAMJ-OH perform an internal peer-review at the end of which, a manuscript can be rejected, accepted or submitted for external peer-review.
During the initial internal review, the editors focus on the overall look of the manuscript, adherence to journal standards, the quality of the written language. At this stage, we also focus on the topic addressed in the manuscript, its relevance to the journal audience, its originality, adherence to publication and research ethics. The overall methodology of the work is also reviewed at this stage to try to identify gross methodological shortfalls. Most of the manuscripts will not be send for external peer review at this stage to avoid spending valuable reviewers time. We may eventually request the authors to submit a revised version of their manuscript at this stage.
Initial internal review
The editor in charge of the manuscript conduct and initial assessment of the manuscript. This assessment aims to ensure that the submission adheres to the journal instructions for authors. The editors may decide at this stage to reject the manuscript.
1. Internal peer review
This review is conducted by a managing editor, a science editor or an associate editor to assess the relevance of the manuscript, its importance to our readership, its scientific quality, and eventually identify obvious or flagrant issues with the submission including in the ethical aspects. The managing editor, science editor, or associate editor (see the journal staff page) can decide at this stage to either reject the manuscript or request revisions. The internal peer review will also focus on the submission adherence to existing scientific writing guidances such as CARE, STROBE, PRISMA, etc.. Submission in the categories Case reports, Images in Clinical Medicine are usually not externally peer-reviewed, but internally reviewed the a managing editor, a science editor, an associate editor or a member of the editorial board.
2. External peer review
The PAMJ-OH employs a single-blind peer review process where the author do not know who is the reviewer of his/her submission while the reviewer has all details of the authors of the manuscript and their affiliation.
PAMJ-OH uses online peer review to speed up the publication process. Submitted manuscripts will be sent to peer reviewers, unless they are either out of scope or below threshold for the journal, or the presentation or written English/French is of an unacceptably low standard.
A declaration of competing interests is requested from all reviewers through the online peer-review platform.
The ultimate responsibility for any decision lies with the managing editor or science editor in charge of the manuscript to whom any appeals against rejection should be addressed.
Authors can be asked to provide the contact details (including e-mail addresses) of at least 2 potential peer reviewers for their manuscript in case the journal is not able to identify appropriate reviewers because of the complexity or rarity of the topic under study. These should be experts in their field of study, who will be able to provide an objective assessment of the manuscript. Suggested peer reviewers should not have published with any of the authors of the manuscript within the past five years and should not be members of the same research institution. Suggested reviewers will be considered, as much as possible, alongside potential reviewers identified by their publication record.
To guide the peer-review process, the PAMJ-OH provides a checklist adapted from the Review Criteria for Research Manuscripts 2nd Edition (AAMC). the Reviewers are asked whether the manuscript is scientifically sound and coherent, how interesting it is and whether the quality of the writing is acceptable. Where possible, the final decision is made on the basis that the peer reviewers are in accordance with one another, or that at least there is no strong dissenting view. In cases where there is strong disagreement either among peer reviewers or between the authors and peer reviewers, advice is sought from a member of the journal's Editorial Board.
Download an overview of PAMJ-OH review template (PDF 105 KB).
To facilitate the assessment of manuscript by peer-reviewers, PAMJ-OH provides a peer-review form. The peer reviewers will provide their expert judgment on the quality (general aspects, objectives, methods, majors revisions, minor revisions, opinion on whether or not the manuscript should be published). A copy of the reviewer´s template is available here.
Other material exists that could be of help to peer-reviewers, we encourage potential peer-reviewers to look at them:
How do we reward our reviewers
Reviewers for the PAMJ-OH can elect to receive a reviewer certificate through the PAMJ-OH Manuscript Hut; the manuscript management and peer review system for all PAMJ-OH Journals. We also allow reviewers to opt to have their review report posted on Publons, a reviewer recognition platform. Lastly, reviewers for the PAMJ-OH can claim for a waiver for article processing charges at their next submission to any of the affiliated PAMJ-OH journals.
The PAMJ-OH is always looking for enthusiastic, experienced and dedicated professionals to review the multiple manuscripts we received every year. By filling this form, you will be automatically added to the PAMJ-OH Reviewer Database. Provide complete information, including a short bio sketch including your past and current experience, your work interest and your current affiliation; this information will help us identify the appropriate manuscript for you to review.
Articles published in PAMJ-OH are Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). |
The PAMJ-One Health (ISSN: 2707-2800) is a subsidiary of the Pan African Medical Journal. The contents of this journal is intended exclusively for professionals in the medical, paramedical and public health and other health sectors.
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