COPE's guidance on what to consider when you are asked to peer review a manuscript, presented as a flowchart and laying out the steps in the decision process that you might go through to decide whether or not you should accept the request. (Version 1, September 2017)
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COPE Council. What to consider when asked to peer review a manuscript. Version 1. 2017 https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.17
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