peer-review

Automate systematic peer-review evaluation of manuscripts and grant proposals.

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npx skills add https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer --skill peer-review
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Skill: peer-review
Source: https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer/tree/main/.claude/skills/peer-review
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer --skill peer-review

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill requires pdftoppm, and includes references (resource) components.

What problem does it solve?

Manual peer review is a time-consuming and complex process, demanding expertise across diverse domains like methodology, statistics, ethics, and reporting. This Skill automates the systematic evaluation of scientific manuscripts and grants, ensuring rigor, consistency, and comprehensive feedback, ultimately saving reviewers valuable time.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Comprehensive Evaluation: Systematically assesses methodology, statistics, design, reproducibility, ethics, figure integrity, and reporting standards across disciplines.
  • Structured Feedback Generation: Produces organized reports with prioritized major and minor comments, actionable suggestions, and a clear summary statement.
  • Presentation Review Workflow: Includes a unique, mandatory image-based process for evaluating scientific presentations, identifying visual formatting and content issues that text-based review misses.
  • Use Case: A busy journal editor needs to provide a rigorous, constructive review for a complex research paper. This Skill guides the evaluation process, ensuring all critical aspects are covered, from statistical rigor to ethical considerations, and helps generate a structured report quickly.

Quick Start

Review the attached manuscript 'research_paper.pdf' for methodological rigor and ethical considerations. Provide a summary statement and major comments. If reviewing a presentation, first convert 'presentation.pdf' to images using: pdftoppm -jpeg -r 150 presentation.pdf review/slide Then, review the generated slide images.

Frequently Asked Questions about peer-review

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I automate peer review of scientific manuscripts?

Peer review automation systematically evaluates manuscripts across methodology, statistics, reproducibility, ethics, and reporting standards. This Skill applies structured assessment criteria to generate organized reviewer reports with prioritized feedback, major comments, and actionable suggestions—saving reviewers time while ensuring comprehensive coverage of critical evaluation areas.

Can I use peer review automation for grant proposals and journal submissions?

Yes, this Skill applies across disciplines to assess both manuscripts and grant proposals. It verifies adherence to reporting guidelines like CONSORT, STROBE, and PRISMA, checks statistical rigor, ethical compliance, data availability, and figure integrity—producing structured critique suitable for journal submissions and grant applications.

How do I review scientific presentations using image-based evaluation?

The Skill includes a mandatory image-based presentation review workflow. Convert your presentation PDF to images using pdftoppm, then evaluate slide images to identify visual formatting, content issues, and design problems that text-based review misses—ensuring comprehensive assessment of presentation quality.

What reporting standards does peer review automation check?

This Skill verifies adherence to major reporting guidelines including CONSORT, STROBE, and PRISMA. It systematically assesses methodology, statistics, design, reproducibility, ethics, figure integrity, and data availability against discipline-specific standards—ensuring submissions meet journal and funding body requirements.

Does peer review automation assess data availability and reproducibility?

Yes, reproducibility and data availability assessment are core functions. The Skill evaluates whether methodology, datasets, and statistical approaches are reproducible, verifies ethical compliance, and checks that sufficient detail supports independent replication—generating actionable feedback on reproducibility gaps.

What output does peer review automation generate?

The Skill produces structured reviewer reports containing a clear summary statement, prioritized major and minor comments, and actionable feedback organized by evaluation category. Output is formatted for direct use in journal submissions or grant reviews, reducing manual report-writing time.