Research

1. Scientists collect, analyse and interpret data.

2. Scientists communicate their findings by writing an article about their research. To communicate these findings to other researchers, they try to publish their article in a relevant journal.

3. The journal editor decides whether the article is of relevance, high enough quality and interest to the journal’s readers. If yes, then the editor sends the article for review, usually by other scientists who are experts in that field. If not, the editor politely rejects the article. 

4. The reviewers comment on the quality of the science and the writing.

5. The reviewers make recommendations to the editor about whether the article should be rejected, published, or revised. The editor sends the comments to the authors of the article. The authors can respond to the comments and may edit their article or conduct further experiments based on the reviewers’ comments.