Author responsibility peer-review process

Once the editor has reviewed the manuscript and determined that it is appropriate for the publication, the peer-review process begins. Chapter 6 describes peer review and the responsibilities of reviewers and authors. 

Some of the best work to date on the nature and ethics of authorship has been done by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). The most current version of its work is contained in a 2013 document Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Joimials. Recommendations are made on five authorship-related topics the nature of authorship, responsibilities of authors (including matters related to conflicts of interest), responsibilities of authors and referees in the submission and peer-review processes, responsibilities of journal owners, and the protection of research participants. ... 

The Pesticide Risk Assessment Peer Review Unit (PRAPeR) of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is responsible for the peer review of initial risk assessments of active substances. For each substance, a member state carries out this initial risk assessment, which is presented in a draft assessment report (DAR) that is then peer reviewed by experts across the European Union (EU) in a process... 

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