Peer Reviewing Biomedical Research: A View from the Frontlines of Global Health Publishing

Peer review underpins biomedical publishing, especially in global health, by ensuring research integrity, validity, and policy relevance. This article explores the critical role of peer review in advancing biomedical knowledge, with particular emphasis on the experiences and perspectives from the frontlines of global health. It also examines key challenges and issues pertaining to reviewer burden, bias, limited participation of low-resource countries, and predatory journals. The author stresses on the need for capacity building through training initiatives, transparent peer review practices, open peer review models, and equitable recognition of reviewers. Additionally, innovations like AI and preprints are likely to add a new dimension in global health publishing, which will translate into meaningful health outcomes worldwide.