Tools used to assess the quality of peer review reports: a methodological systematic review

A strong need exists for a validated tool that clearly defines peer review report quality in biomedical research, as it will allow evaluating interventions aimed at improving the peer review process in well-performed trials. We aim to identify and describe existing tools for assessing the quality of peer review reports in biomedical research.We conducted a methodological systematic review by searching PubMed, EMBASE (via Ovid) and The Cochrane...