Seigo Okada PhD

Dr. Seigo Okada, PhD., is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan. His research areas include pediatrics, cardiology, and neonatology. He focuses on researching the pathogenesis of Kawasaki disease. For more information about Dr. Okada, please visit his Publons page and PubMed for his publications.

Dr. Okada thinks that a healthy review system is performed in a double-blinded manner, and has a statistical or methodological review in addition to external peer-review. What’s more, it is desirable that the peer reviewer is graded by a senior editor as part of an internal evaluation and improvement process. Furthermore, he also believes that reviewers should possess the ability to give helpful comments for authors to improve the qualities of their research.

As a reviewer, Dr. Okada emphasizes that it is important for researchers to apply for institutional review board approval because we have to ensure adherence to the ethical values and principles underlying research. If this process is omitted, the safety and well-being of human participants might be prejudiced.