> Isn’t readability and comprehensibility the job of the editor/journal to check Yes, who do you think ask the reviewers to perform their reviews? > peer revi

> Isn’t readability and comprehensibility the job of the editor/journal to check Yes, who do you think ask the reviewers to perform their reviews? > peer review is more for checking if the methodology, scope, claim, direction, conclusion and relevances is sound&trustable. No, the parent comment has it right. The only thing being reviewed is the paper, and the point is to make sure it communicates clearly, not that it’s “sound and trustable.”