STEMskiller: Skill Set Map for Mentors of Early Career Researchers

RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP: Academic/scholarly publishing

Peer reviewing

Definition:

Writing constructive peer reviews is a skill many early career researchers have not developed. Tools and resources for writing effective reviews below.

Useful resources on Peer reviewing:

American Chemical Society. (2019). The peer review process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWzKI4WhSPQ

Description of peer review in less than three minutes.

Wallace, J. (2010). How to be a good peer reviewer. The Scholarly Kitchen. https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2019/09/17/how-to-be-a-good-peer-reviewer/

Perspectives on writing a peer review from a seasoned reviewer, with additional tips in the comments to the article.

Tags: IPS IA; IPS CritT; IPS WC; IPS R; IPS QL; IPS IL; PSR ER; CompS

Peer Review: None

Table of contents:

1.3. Academic/scholarly publishing

1.3.1. History and overview of scientific publishing
1.3.2. Publishing academic papers
1.3.3. Open access publishing: what is scholarly publishing, history of open access movement, importance
1.3.4. Predatory journals (who can be trusted)

1.3.6. Visibility and research impact

 

Author: Stephanie Krueger

Peer Reviewer(s): None

Last Updated: October 26, 2021