The peer review process After you submit, your manuscript is sent for peer review. This takes time as we search for experienced clinicians who share your clinical interests and are available to provide expert reviews. Our guidance to reviewers is available for you to view so that you have a better idea what to expect visit authors.bmj.com for details.
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check that you are using formal medical US or UK English and that the tone is neutral, objective and scientific. It is the authors’ responsibility to check that grammar and vocabulary are correct. All manuscripts should be proofread and typos corrected before submission. BMJ has a language editing service available to authors. Visit authors.bmj.com for more details. Numerical values and international units of measurement should be checked in every version of the manuscript and in the final proof before the article is published. Please confirm in writing that these are correct. In general, 50% of all submissions are accepted.
The initial emphasis during peer review is on the content of what you write and what may be learned. When the reviewers’ comments are forwarded to you by the editor, you are invited to respond in full and mark the revisions you have made in tracked changes . If you do not agree with comments you have received, explain why in your responses. Your revision is sent again for peer review and subsequent comments usually relate to precise clarifications that need to be made in clinical detail or scientific arguments. The process becomes more difficult and lengthy when language and format issues arise, so please, carefully
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