Best practices for co-reviewing

• Reach out to the journal’s editor or editorial staff, such as the journal’s peer review coordinator, to confirm that the journal allows co-reviewing.
• Note that there should be only two co-reviewers per article to help maintain confidentiality.
• Note if either co-reviewer has a potential conflict of interest.

• Refer to APA’s guidance on how to prepare a peer review or other guidance, such as APA Style Article Reporting Standards (JARS).
• The senior reviewer should provide a mentorship opportunity for the student co-reviewer. This could look like reviewing the article together, and asking the student co-reviewer questions to keep in mind while reviewing.
• The senior reviewer should take responsibility for the final review that is provided to the journal.

• Provide both the name of the senior reviewer as well as the junior co-reviewer to the journal so that both individuals can receive recognition for their review—APA journals publish the names of student co-reviewers at the end of the year.
• Add your review experience to your CV.

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