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Everybody hurts: The Reviewer‐Imposed Pain (RIP) matrix

Abstract

The peer review process supports authors by providing feedback on manuscripts from external, expert readers. However, not all reviews are supportive. Some reviews are just painful. But just how painful are they? In this study, we set out to validate a matrix describing the levels of pain authors experience in response to the sting of peer reviewer comments. The study was carried out in two phases. In Phase 1, we developed a matrix combining two …

Authors

Varpio L; Snell L; Frank JR; Sherbino J

Journal

Medical Education, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 73–78

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

1 2026

DOI

10.1111/medu.15695

ISSN

0308-0110