Peer-reviewing as a component in the publishing process

All books published by Lund University Press have undergone a stringent peer-reviewing process including the following stages:

• Initial selection by the Director, in some cases following consultation with a specialist advisor, for submission to the Editorial Committee
• Agreement on the Editorial Committee that the manuscript should be sent out to peer review
• Appointment by the Editorial Committee of at least two peer reviewers with specialist competence in the relevant field
• Submission of favourable reports by reviewers
• Satisfactory response by the author to any concerns raised by peer reviewers
• Decision by the Editorial Committee to take the book under contract with LU Press.

Some LU Press books have been monitored by the Press, normally in consultation with our partner Manchester University Press, from the proposal stage onwards (see ‘Submissions’ and ‘The publishing process’). Proposals and sample chapters may be subjected to review by one or two experts, but contracts are only granted to complete manuscripts scrutinized by at least two independent scholars of leading status in the relevant field.