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Overview

The ability to review papers should be a core skill of every research scientist. With the growing number of manuscripts being submitted to scientific journals, editors are increasingly reliant on independent experts who can deliver good-quality reviews in a timely fashion.
This course is designed for postdocs and researchers at the early stage of their career who have little or no experience of peer-reviewing.

Key areas

  • How the peer-review process works from submission to publication
  • Recent developments such as “open” peer-review
  • The reviewer’s obligations
  • The criteria against which scientific papers should be evaluated
  • The requirement for objective, specific, constructive and balanced comments that will assist both the editor and the author(s)
  • The amount of time involved in reviewing a paper

Please note: Absences and cancellations with less than 5 working days’ notice will result in a £50 charge. 

To sign-up to this course please sing in to ICIS and search for ‘Peer Review’ in the MyTraining section of ICIS.

What have past participants found most useful?

“How to break up the peer review process and limit it. Receiving a template for reviewing, nobody teaches this!”

“The session really helped me organise the reviews and familiarise myself with the whole process. It also helps me write good papers.”

“Dr David T Jones is a perfect presenter and speaker; it was an excellent, engaging, practical session.”