One female perspective on diversity in peer review

Ben Messaoud and colleagues discuss diversity in peer review.1I am a female researcher from China. I began medical research in 2007, when I was 27 years old. For the first 10 years or so I did not even consider reviewing medical manuscripts. Although I lacked the experience to be a competent reviewer, I should have known that at some stage I could be. During this time, I did my research, finished my paper, submitted it, waited for further information, and was declined. I worked hard, but not much came of it.Then, occasionally, one of my papers was accepted and published, and that’s when I realised I could also be a reviewer. I had some email invitations from journals I had never heard of. I tried to review some papers, but I found it very time consuming. Some had little to do with my clinical practice. While confused by the experience…
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