Peer review of Spanish manuscripts

The ANR peer review process can ensure that material written for California’s Spanish-speaking audiences is accurate, relevant and high-quality. Just as with English-language publications, the peer review and production of Spanish publications is supported by ANR; there is no cost for ANR academics who wish to publish an ANR peer-reviewed publication in Spanish.

Nonetheless, the peer review of a Spanish manuscript is a complex endeavor, necessitating an assessment of the author’s Spanish-language expertise as well as the material’s scientific content. To facilitate this process, before authors of Spanish manuscripts submit a manuscript for peer review they will be asked first to

• provide information about their intended audience, and 
• provide a 5-6 page representative sample of the full manuscript.

All of this is done within the Manuscript FastTrack ANR peer review system, just as when submitting a English-language manuscript for review.