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Expert Lecture

Professional and Personal Development

A Step-by-step Guide for How to Be a Good Peer Reviewer of Scientific Manuscripts

Sunday, October 18, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
Location: West Exhibit Hall A, Learning Zone 7

    Lead Presenter(s)

  • AS

    Ahmad R. Sedaghat, MD, PhD, FACS

    Professor, Executive Vice Chair, Director of Div. of Rhinology, Allergy& Anterior Skull Base Surgery
    UC Health/University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
    Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

This expert lecture seeks to provide a guide for performing peer review of scientific manuscripts that will be applicable to both beginners as well
as provide continuing education for even experienced reviewers, and will be similarly applicable to otolaryngologists who are in private practice or academia. Drawing on the presenter's experiences, this presentation provides a step-by-step approach for how to perform scientific peer review, which includes a point-by-point explanation of what elements of a manuscript peer reviewers should be assessing (including how to assess those elements), and an explicit description of how the written review should be organized. Finally, the presented material will be summarized in a checklist that audience members can use in future peer reviews that they may perform.

Learning Objectives:

  • Explain the major and minor elements of a scientific manuscript should be assessed and commented on in a peer review report. The attendee will also have the skills for how to (as well as gain knowledge of tips/tricks to most efficiently) assess those manuscript elements.
  • Explain the major and minor elements of a scientific manuscript should be assessed and commented on in a peer review report. The attendee will also have the skills for how to (as well as gain knowledge of tips/tricks to most efficiently) assess those manuscript elements.
  • Explain how to write and organize a peer reviewer's report, which includes both a detailed and constructive "Comments to the authors" section as well as "Confidential comments to the Editors" that clearly explains the rationale behind their recommendation on disposition of the manuscript.