108 Medical Editing: How the Editors can help the Reviewers Prof. Ijaz Hussain 1 , Shaukat Ali Jawaid 2 Editors of Peer Review medical journals particularly those in less developed countries face numerous problems including lack of financial resources and good quality reviewers. 1 The reviewers they have to work with can be categorized into the following: Excellent reviewers: They are a few and include those who besides being experts in their respective fields have also learnt the art of medical editing. Not only that they are also keen to help, guide and assist the editors as well as authors. Hence, they do not mind taking extra pains to correct and re-write if need be certain portions of the manuscript. Their comments and suggestions are extremely helpful for the authors to further improve the quality of the manuscripts. They are an asset for any editor and the journal with which they are affiliated. Good reviewers: They are willing to help the Editor and the authors but would usually confine themselves to making necessary corrections, point- ing deficiencies in the manuscripts and make suggestions to help authors revise the manuscripts. They are also helpful for the editors to make a deci- sion regarding the manuscripts whether to accept, reject it or return it to the authors for further improvement. No so good reviewers: They are not willing to make extra efforts, correcting English language, grammar mistakes and even the quality of their reviews is also not so good to help the editor as well as the authors to further improve the manuscripts. 1. Editor, Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatologists. Prof. of Dermatology, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore. Pakistan. E mail: drijazhussain@gmail.com 2. Managing Editor Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences Karachi. Pakistan. E mail: pjms@pjms.com.pk, pulse@pulsepakistan.com