peer-review

# Scientific Critical Evaluation and Peer Review ## Overview Peer review is a systematic process for evaluating scientific manuscripts. Assess methodology, statistics, design, reproducibility, ethics, and reporting standards. Apply this skill for manuscript and grant review across disciplines with constructive, rigorous evaluation. ## When to Use This Skill This skill should be used when: - Conducting peer review of scientific manuscripts for journals - Evaluating grant proposals and research applications - Assessing methodology and experimental design rigor - Reviewing statistical analyses and reporting standards - Evaluating reproducibility and data availability - Checking compliance with reporting guidelines (CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA) - Providing constructive feedback on scientific writing **Related Resource:** The **venue-templates** skill provides `reviewer_expectations.md` with detailed guidance on what reviewers look for at different venues (Nature/Science, Cell Press, medical journals, ML conferences). Use this to calibrate your review standards to the target venue. ## Visual Enhancement with Scientific Schematics **When creating documents with this skill, always consider adding scientific diagrams and schematics to enhance visual communication.** If your document does not already contain schematics or diagrams: - Use the **scientific-schematics** skill to generate AI-powered publication-quality diagrams - Simply describe your desired diagram in natural languag...