Peer Review

  • Comparing different types of peer review
  • Benefits and flaws
  • The process
  • Critical reading of a manuscript
  • The peer review debate: (not only) a quest for more transparency in the process
  • What does it take to be a referee?

References

Tennant J (2020) Time to stop the exploitation of free academic labour. European Science Editing 46: e51839. https://doi.org/10.3897/ese.2020.e51839

Tennant, J.P., Ross-Hellauer, T. The limitations to our understanding of peer review. Res Integr Peer Rev 5, 6 (2020). doi.org/10.1186/s41073-020-00092-1

Tennant JP, Dugan JM, Graziotin D, et al. A multi-disciplinary perspective on emergent and future innovations in peer review. F1000Res. 2017;6:1151. Published 2017 Jul 20. doi:10.12688/f1000research.12037.3

Ross-Hellauer T. What is open peer review? A systematic review [version 2; peer review: 4 approved]. F1000Research 2017, 6:588 (doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.11369.2)

Kennedy AB. Incentivizing Peer Review. Int J Ther Massage Bodywork. 2017;10(4):5-7. Published 2017 Dec 4. // url: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29209443/
 
Gasparyan AY, Gerasimov AN, Voronov AA, Kitas GD. Rewarding peer reviewers: maintaining the integrity of science communication. J Korean Med Sci. 2015;30(4):360-364. doi:10.3346/jkms.2015.30.4.360
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    A couple of days ago on May 15th in Leipzig, Germany at the Mx Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA), Corina Logan had invited Denis Bourguet and Thomas Guillemaud from Peer Community In to give a seminar on their non-profit service to science: A researcher-run solution to improving science and reducing reviewer burden: peer review … Read more
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    In his blog Green Tea and Velociraptors, Jon Tennant describes his approach to writing a peer review.  […] I remember the first time I got a review request in the second year of my PhD. An Editor emails you out of the blue, and asks you to provide your expert commentary on research by your colleagues. EXPERT COMMENTARY. BUT … Read more