TY - JOUR T1 - Could you be a peer reviewer? JF - European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy JO - Eur J Hosp Pharm SP - 65 LP - 65 DO - 10.1136/ejhpharm-2018-001516 VL - 25 IS - 2 AU - Phil Wiffen Y1 - 2018/03/01 UR - http://ejhp.bmj.com/content/25/2/65.abstract N2 - Most authors and readers of scientific papers agree that peer review is an important part of the publishing process. However, getting peer reviewers is an increasing challenge for many journals including European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy (EJHP). In an editorial around 4 years ago, I mentioned that we frequently contact seven or more potential reviewers in order to obtain peer review reports. Since then, things have worsened, and now it is not uncommon to approach up to 15 potential reviewers in order to obtain sufficient reports. As an editorial team, we are incredibly grateful for those who undertake peer review for us, many of whom submit high-quality reports. However, we do need more peer reviewers so this is a call to sign up!For this journal, peer review is a key stage in the consideration of a paper … Correspondence to Professor Phil Wiffen, Pain Research Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LE, UK; phil.wiffen{at}ndcn.ox.ac.uk ER -