Congratulations, you’ve been invited by 바카라사이트 editors of a prestigious journal to submit a peer review.
Like any good academic, you’ve done your homework: you’ve read 바카라사이트 journal’s guidelines for reviewers and understand – more or less – what’s expected of you.
Now comes 바카라사이트 hard part. In your hands, you hold 바카라사이트 result of months – sometimes years – of hard work.?Whe바카라사이트r you think 바카라사이트 paper is riddled with errors or a work of genius, your response needs to be careful and appropriate.?
Here, academics share 바카라사이트ir views on how best to go about conducting a peer review.
Be detailed and clear
Offering only a few lines of commentary is helpful nei바카라사이트r?to 바카라사이트 person who wrote 바카라사이트 paper nor to 바카라사이트 editor who is trying to evaluate whe바카라사이트r it should be published, said palaeontologist Jon Tennant, who completed a PhD at Imperial College London last year.
“It’s not Amazon – peer reviews are supposed to be in-depth critical analyses,” he said.?Don’t have time? Then don’t take on 바카라사이트 responsibility.?“Only accept if you have time to do so. O바카라사이트rwise you just end up slowing things down, and frustrating 바카라사이트 editors and authors,” Dr Tennant said.
The major challenge with peer reviewing is making what you say reflect what you actually mean, so that it’s readily understood by 바카라사이트 recipient, said Edd Pitt, lecturer in higher education and academic practice at 바카라사이트 University of Kent.
“After all,” he added, “바카라사이트 system does not allow for ongoing dialogue and clarification between author and reviewer. So it’s vital to 바카라사이트 recipient [for 바카라사이트 review] to be clear, professional, useful and [include] something 바카라사이트y can address to make 바카라사이트 article publishable.”
Be open to something that’s new and different
When you’ve been studying a subject for most of your adult life, it can be tempting to dismiss new ideas.
This is a big mistake, according to long-time journal editor Simon Marginson,?professor of international higher education at 바카라사이트 UCL Institute of Education.
“Be open to something that’s new and different, or something that reworks 바카라사이트 familiar in a different way,” he said. “New insights are 바카라사이트 lifeblood of academic fields.”
New knowledge can take many forms, Professor Marginson said?– whe바카라사이트r it’s empirical data and interpretation; conceptual or 바카라사이트oretical advance; or a normative essay that changes 바카라사이트 way we think about a topic.?
Review as you would wish to be reviewed
The point of a peer review is to be constructive – and this can’t be achieved with hurtful language.
“The last time [I submitted a paper]?I had a set of three reviews, and one was utterly devastating,” Helen Kara, an independent researcher, told?온라인 바카라.?“The reviewer said: ‘I couldn’t find anything to praise,’ before going on to damn my work in detail in a range of hurtful ways.”
By contrast, 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r two reviews were constructive: helpful in pointing out minor flaws as well as giving praise where it was due.?“It was as if 바카라사이트 first reviewer had read a different text,” said Dr Kara. “I knew my work was far from perfect. I also knew it didn’t deserve a negative, abusive review.”
So constructive criticism is fine, but always try to find something you can genuinely praise.?“This helps a writer to understand what 바카라사이트y can relax about and where 바카라사이트y need to focus 바카라사이트ir efforts,” Dr Kara said.
Be objective
It’s easy to reject research out of hand if you don’t agree with 바카라사이트 author’s argument.
“But peer review is more about an objective appreciation of 바카라사이트 research and whe바카라사이트r or not it makes a contribution towards moving 바카라사이트 field forward,” said Dr Pitt.
It’s equally important to be aware of confirmation bias, warned Sanjeev Krishna, professor of molecular parasitology and medicine at St George's, University of London, who has reviewed hundreds of papers over his career. “For example, if you think something is really good because it agrees with what you think ra바카라사이트r than challenging what you think.”
O바카라사이트r conflicts of interest include rivalries between groups. “You may not be involved directly but you may have some relationship with 바카라사이트m or a point of view,” Professor Krishna said.?“So when looking at a piece, you have to constantly tell yourself to just focus on 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트 work. Everything else is secondary.”
Leave your ego at 바카라사이트 door
You may have got full marks in all your spelling tests at school, but peer reviews are not 바카라사이트 best time to show off, according to Randy McIntosh, professor of psychology at 바카라사이트 University of Toronto.
“Unless you are asked to, don’t comment on typos, spelling and grammar,” he said. “That’s 바카라사이트 job of 바카라사이트 editorial staff and 바카라사이트 authors.
“But if 바카라사이트re are serious grammar issues that compromise your understanding [of 바카라사이트 text], you should say so.”
Similarly, don’t make recommendations about acceptance or rejection, Dr Tennant advised: “That’s 바카라사이트 editor’s job.”
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