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7 - 9 September
University of Leeds, UK
How to Referee Workshop
Wednesday 8 September 13.30 - 15.30
Organisers: Jenny Guthrie and Lindsay Haddon
This is a must for 'new' referees (and authors) to hear practical advice and personal experience on refereeing papers.
Voluntary review by peers puts the stamp of validity and quality on published research across all disciplines, including ecology. But with the power to critically evaluate the work of your fellow ecologists comes great responsibility. Indeed, the peer review process can be mysterious and daunting from the outside - and just how do you start getting papers to review anyway?!
This session draws together expertise from new and established referees, associate editors and editorial offices to shed some light on the peer review process in its entirety. What (in the eyes of an author or journal editor) constitutes a 'good' or a 'bad' review? What can you do to get involved? When should you accept or decline an invitation? How much time should you devote to your 'community service' as a referee? What support is available when starting out? Why bother to review other ecologists' work in the first place?!
There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion after the series of short presentations. All are welcome, although the session is primarily aimed at students and early-career ecologists.
Any questions or for more information contact any member of the Publications Team at the Meeting Registration desk.
