近日，顶尖SCI期刊Journal of Medical Internet Research (JCR Q1) 向国际学院临床医学专业本科生，人工智能创新力训练计划成员2016级陈雅歌（中国香港）发出作为审稿人（reviewer）的邀请，为该期刊一篇人工智能相关的学术研究投稿提供同行评审意见（Peer review）。

陈雅歌同学分享了评审一篇文章的经验。陈雅歌同学认为首先应整体浏览一遍以了解文章大致方向和主题，初步判断是否具备创新性。其次关注研究设计是否符合逻辑、研究方法是否稳定且准确控制、研究结果是否符合背景，以及探讨和结论部分是否合理有说服力。

常见的评审思路可以总结如下表：

作为审稿人，第一要确保的是对被邀请的该领域有所研究。如果审稿过程遇到任何不熟悉的统计方法或语言等问题，应在给编辑的反馈中提及。第二是要预留有充足的时间来阅读对方的文稿。一篇向期刊投稿的文章往往经过了数月乃至数年的研究，只有经过充分阅读才能全面客观地提出建议。如果时间允许，还应对文稿中所引用的文献也做了解性的阅读，从而更好地审视该研究的连续性和可信度。有些杂志还可以申请推迟评审截止日期，方便部分有意向却时间不够的审稿人给出详尽和准确的评审建议。

Recently, a leading SCI journal “Journal of Medical Internet Research” (JCR Q1), invited Nga-Kwo Chan (2016CM), undergraduate students in Clinical Medicine, to be the reviewers for an academic research article the journal recently received.

To review an article, first of all, the reviewer should browse the whole article to understand the general direction and main topic, and to make a preliminary judgment on whether it is innovative or not. The second is to focus on whether the research design is logical, whether the research method is stable and well-controlled, whether the research results are consistent with the context, and whether the discussion and conclusion are rational and convincing.

As a reviewer, the primarytask is to ensure the field about to be reviewed is familiar enough. If there are any unfamiliar statistical methods or language problems encountered during the review process, they should be mentioned in the feedback to editors. The second is to allow enough time to read the manuscripts and therefore giving comprehensive and objective comments. A brief reading of the literature cited in the manuscript should also be done if time allows, in order to better examine the continuity and credibility of the study. In some circumstances, reviewers may apply to delay the deadline for review, so that reviewers can give more detailed and accurate review.

感想：

在收到邀请邮件时我是犹豫不决的，因为担心自己作为一位本科学生不足以对其他同行学者给出准确完整的评审意见。国际学院明伟杰老师给予的鼓励让我敢于踏出新的一步：作为港澳台侨学子复合型人才培养计划及人工智能创新力训练计划的成员，虽然走在科研路上的我们才刚刚起步，但已经不仅仅是学生，更是已经具备独立思考能力的学者。通过这次作为reviewer 的经历，我了解到创新性和严谨思维在文章中所占据的重要地位，并能从不一样的角度、作为审稿人去看待期刊上的文章。这是一次非常难得且特别的经验。