Reviewing is regarded as community work.

Four journals is more than enough. You need to get a life away from the computer. Learn to say NO.

Reviewing is regarded as community work.

Four journals is more than enough. You need to get a life away from the computer. Learn to say NO.

We accept to review papers when we have considerable time to do a rigorous review of the paper and are knowledgeable in the field. If I meet these requirements, I accept so that I can improve the state of scientific papers. The number of journals does not matter to me.

I agree with you Dr Dickson Adom.

Regards!

Dear: Dr. Mushonga

I agree with you Dr. Dickson , if you have a time and ability you could accept more journals.

best reagrds

Thanks for the valuable advice colleague

Dear Borden:

I really believe that you get enough from the two approaches about our contribution as journal reviewer. I try to resume the insight that I got from the previous answers:

Best wishes,

Manuel

I regularly review for two journals, and occasionally for a third, all three of which are well known and prestigious.

I decline several invitations a year, particularly from journals I have never heard of. If you get invitations from a journal you have never heard of, be sure to investigate whether it is a predatory journal that is only pretending to pay attention to peer review.

For how many journals should one be a reviewer?

It depends on your availability & expertise to review manuscripts. Sometimes review can take a lot of times especially there are multiple requests at the same time. For me I turn down some requests sometimes in order to focus on certain reviews that match my expertise & availability. Personally I find that quality review is more important than quantity review.

Dear Borden:

I follow a simple formula in accepting/rejecting invitations to review papers, for each paper I submit, I should review at least three papers in return. As other researchers will invest their time to review my submitted manuscript (at least three reviewers if not more) as a community service so I expect to do the same.

All the best

I would also suggest, subject to time available, expertise in the field of studies, research interests and willingness to read 24/7 all year round.

There is no specific number of Journals that one should serve as reviewer. In as much as you have the time, technical knowledge needed and the energy to review as the request is sent to you, you can be a reviewer to as many journal as possible. However, if there is no time and energy to deliver the goods on record time, then you can decide to limit it to the number that you can comfortably handle successfully.

One should always consider time availability and field of expertise before accepting peer review invitations. When you have a tight schedule don't hesitate to decline an invitation because you can do it at the detriment of your primary assignments. But, if you are chanced and the manuscript sent to you is within the scope of your specialty, then you can accept as much peer review invitations as possible, as it increases efficiency in ones ability to design and write research findings.