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It can be painful for researchers to read harshly worded criticism of their work from peer reviewers. (Shutterstock)

Peer review: Can this critical step in the publication of science research be kinder?

Catherine Clase, McMaster University; Josee Bouchard, Université de Montréal; Manish M Sood, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Rachel Holden, Queen's University, Ontario, and Sunny Hartwig, University of Prince Edward Island

Peer review of research sounds like it should be a conversation between equals. Instead, it can be patronizing, demanding and simply unkind. A group of journal editors thinks this should change.