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How To Become A Peer Reviewer? Fundamental And Advanced Training
How To Become A Peer Reviewer? Fundamental And Advanced Training
Dr. Jonas Ranstam
Dr. Jo RoislienDr. Jonas Ranstam
Dr. Jo Roislien
Prof. Caven Mcloughlin
The fundamental and advanced peer reviewer training program, suitable for peer reviewers in any subject area is endorsed by Wolters Kluwer and SPIE. The course is co-delivered by prolific and award winning peer reviewers. This program offers a blend of online learning and hands-on peer review experience and is ideal for new and established peer reviewers.
What you learn
An overview of peer reviews and journal publication workflows
Understand skills, qualifications needed to be a great peer reviewer
How to identify focus areas in different sections of a manuscript
Deep dive into the process of conducting a peer review
How to review different types of research manuscripts
Focus areas when reviewing statistical information or methodology in a paper
The right approach to peer review with a mock assignment and detailed evaluation
Tips and extensive feedback from experienced peer reviewers and consultations on course content
Practical strategies to get invited as a peer reviewer by top journals in your field
How to apply learnings to your review projects with checklists and other resources
Description
Peer review is a critical component of the scientific process that helps safeguard the quality, validity authority and rigour of academic work.
This engaging and comprehensive training program will help you with everything you need to know before and during a peer review. Designed with the collective expertise of three accomplished peer reviewers, this is a comprehensive guide for those starting out and a great program for experienced reviewers to polish their skills. With in-depth lectures that cover every aspect of peer review, insightful discussions, expert advice, key learning resources, and regular assessments, this training program will put you firmly on the path to becoming a great peer reviewer!
Being identified as a great peer reviewer adds significant value to your resume and reputation; it equates to being recognized and accepted as an expert in your field by your peers. If you are an early career researcher who wants to be a peer reviewer, or have received your first peer review invitation but don’t know how to get started, this course is perfect for you.
This advanced module in the program also lets you get your peer review assignments evaluated by expert peer reviewers. This unique application based assignment will help you understand the finer nuances of reviewing and focus on areas of improvement.
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Modules
LECTURE 1 |Document/Slides
Understanding the peer review process
36 mins
LECTURE 2 |Document/Slides
Do you have what it takes to be a peer reviewer?
36 mins
LECTURE 3 |Document/Slides
You’ve accepted the editor’s invitation, what next?
36 mins
LECTURE 4 |Document/Slides
A deep dive into conducting a peer review
36 mins
LECTURE 5 |Document/Slides
Decision time – recommendations and evaluation
36 mins
LECTURE 6 |Document/Slides
Tying it all up with downloadable templates and more
36 mins
Instructors (3)
Dr. Jonas Ranstam
Medical statistician, award-winning peer reviewer, independent statistical consultant
Dr. Jonas Ranstam is the most prolific peer reviewer in the world and has reviewed as many as 661 papers in a year. In 2016, he was the overall winner of the Sentinels of Science Awards initiated by Publons to recognize the efforts of reviewers. He was also acknowledged as one of the Top Reviewers for 2016 by Publons. Before retiring from being a full-time academic, Dr. Ranstam was affiliated…
Dr. Jo Roislien
Science Communicator; Mathematician; Biostatistician; Professor of Medical Statistics at University of Stavanger, Norway
Jo Røislien is a famous international science communicator who reaches a wide audience by appearing regularly on radio, television, and the printed press. He delivers lectures on the communication of complex topics, knowledge dissemination, and his own research. He is a Norwegian mathematician, biostatistician, and researcher in medicine, and holds a PhD in geostatistics from the Department of…
Reviews (9)
Maninder Ahuja
Good discussion about conflicts of interest disclosure which can be six issues, personal, financial, religious ,intellectual, professional or political.It is good idea to highlight the issue of not using information from article submitted and ethical issues of plagiarism or duplication.
Akinwande Akinhanmi
Very useful lessons learnt
Lalitagauri Mandke
Good discussion . Made some points clear.
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