We offer a short introduction to those aspects of the publishing process which explain
how and why peer review occurs. We then outline suggestions from an author’s
point of view about how to work with, and benefit from, reviewers’ comments, with due
consideration of the editor’s viewpoint and role. In essence, this editorial sets out to help
prospective authors of educational papers to appreciate where the reviewers and editor
are coming from, and how their comments and suggestions originate and should be handled.
We close by looking specifically at how to cope in a practical way by treating the
comments as feedforward. This piece is written particularly for those scholars who are
new to, or unfamiliar with, submitting drafts for consideration in the peer review process.