Perfecting peer review – A blog series with RSC Advances
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Following our popular series of Advancing with Advances ‘How to publish and not perish’, we are back with a second series! For this series we are looking at ‘perfecting peer review’ and insights into what makes a valuable reviewer report.
Over the next few weeks we will be releasing a post on perfecting peer review every Wednesday in collaboration with Professor N. Mariano Correa Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Argentina, who is knowledgeable and experienced Associate Editor for RSC Advances. We will be turning the spotlight on why peer review is important, what you can do to improve your review writing skills. We will also be highlighting what our Associate Editors and Authors find extremely beneficial in your reviewer reports.
You can look forward to seeing the following blogs on:
- Why should I write a report? Our in-house editors will provide guidance on the importance of peer review, why you may consider being a reviewer for a peer reviewed journal, and how to approach you reviewer report.
- Expected reports from external reviewers: An introduction by Professor N. Mariano Correa, who will use his experiences to highlight what a reviewer report should cover.
- Interviews with Associate Editors: Our experienced team of Associate Editors from a broad range of subject areas will provide insights into how they use your reviewer reports, and what aspects they find the most useful in making a decision on a manuscript.
- Part 4 – Featuring Dr Donna Arnold (University of Kent), Professor Brenno Neto (Universidade de Brasilia), Professor Beatriz Jurado Sánchez (University of Alcalá) and Professor Rodrigo Octavio de Souza (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
- Part 5 – Featuring Dr Giacomo Saielli (University of Padova), Professor Shivani Bhardwaj Mishra (University of South Africa) and Professor Leyong Wang (Nanjing University)
- Part 6 – Featuring 10 Associate Editors
We hope you are as excited we are for a second series of Advancing with Advances. Tune in every Wednesday to catch the next instalment of perfecting peer review, and we hope it will be useful to anyone writing a reviewer report! Next week our in-house editors will provide guidance on the importance of peer review, why you may consider being a reviewer for a peer reviewed journal, and how to approach your reviewer report.
You are welcome to send in any questions you have about peer review or publishing with RSC Advances to advances-rsc@rsc.org or post them on X @RSCAdvances #AdvancingWithAdvances.
Check out more publishing tips and tricks from our Advancing with Advances: how to publish and not perish series!
RSC Advances looks forward to advancing the chemical sciences with you.
