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Table of Contents
Online Events
BLOGs
VIDEOS
other online publications (e-books, online guides, editorials, protocols, and data sets)
Other Activities (Quizzes, Surveys, Podcasts, and Audio Clips)
Online Events
Monday, September 20th
Exploring identities in peer review: A look at author, reviewer, and journal perspectives
Webinar by Editage
5:00 AM US-EST / 9:00 AM GMT / 10:00 AM BST
Introducing Peer Review
Webinar by Charlesworth Author Services
7:00 AM US-EST / 11:00 AM GMT / 12:00 PM BST
EASE panel discussion for Peer Review Week 2021
Online event by EASE
8:00 AM US-EST / 12:00 PM GMT / 1:00 PM BST
Celebrating Peer Review
Online event by The Lancet
11:00 AM EST / 3:00 PM GMT / 4:00 PM BST
Twitter chat with the journal CHEST
Online event by the journal Chest
(Throughout the week, the journal CHEST will be tweeting questions relating to the topic of Peer Review and responses received from many of the journal’s peer reviewers)
Tuesday, September 21st
Virtual Panel: Finding a Place in the Peer Review Process
Online event by the Peer Review Week Steering Committee
9:00 AM US-EST / 1:00 PM GMT / 2:00 PM BST
Ask the Experts: Identity in Peer Review
Webinar by Charlesworth Author Services
9:00 AM US-EST / 1:00 PM GMT / 2:00 PM BST
Author and reviewer experiences: Building a bridge of empathy
Webinar by Editage
10:00 AM US-EST / 2:00 PM GMT / 3:00 PM BST
Diversity in Peer Review
Online event by The Lancet
11:00 AM EST / 3:00 PM GMT / 4:00 PM BST
What role are Early Career Researchers playing in peer review, and what role should they play?
Twitter chat by Lightoller, LLC
12:00 PM US-EST / 4:00 PM GMT / 5:00 PM BST
ORCID Workshop for Researchers: Update your ORCID Record to Save Time and Get Credit in Funding Applications, Research Reporting, and Publishing
Online event by Lyrasis
2:00 PM US-EST / 6:00 PM GMT / 7:00 PM BST
Effective Peer Review
Online event by ASLO
2:00 PM US-EST / 6:00 PM GMT / 7:00 PM BST
CSE Connect
Online Event by the Council of Science Editors
2:00 PM US-EST / 6:00 PM GMT / 7:00 PM BST
TAA Committee for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Town Hall on Peer Review
Online Event by the Textbook & Academic Authors Association
4:00 PM US-EST / 8:00 PM GMT / 9:00 PM BST
Wednesday, September 22nd
Behind the scenes of peer review
Online event by the South African Journal of Science
4:00 AM US-EST / 8:00 AM GMT / 9:00 AM BST
Things You Need to Know About Peer Review
Online event by Charlesworth Author Services
5:00 AM US-EST / 9:00 AM GMT / 10:00 AM BST
The Stages of Peer Review
Webinar by Charlesworth Author Services
7:00 AM US-EST / 11:00 AM GMT / 12:00 PM BST
Launching ‘Review Assistant’: An AI-powered Tool for Peer Reviewers
Online event by Enago
8:30 AM US-EST / 12:30 PM GMT / 1:30 PM BST
Openness or Confidentiality in Peer Review
Online event by The American Physical Society
10:00 AM US-EST / 2:00 PM GMT / 3:00 PM BST
African Perspectives on Peer Review: a Roundtable Discussion
Online event by AfricArXiv, Eider Africa, TCC Africa, and PREreview
10:00 AM US-EST / 2:00 PM GMT / 3:00 PM BST
Behind the scenes: How a peer reviewer reviews a manuscript
Webinar by Editage
10:00 AM US-EST / 2:00 PM GMT / 3:00 PM BST
Identity in Peer Review
Online event by Sense about Science and IOP Publishing
10 AM US-EST / 2:00 PM GMT / 3:00 PM BST
Connecting Mosaics of Scholarly Identity Through Metadata: The Roles of Publishers and Service Providers
Online event by Scholastica
10:30 AM US-EST / 2:30 PM GMT / 3:30 PM BST
Peer Review in Blockchain Research
Online event by The JBBA
11:00 AM US-EST / 3:00 PM GMT / 4:00 PM BST
Finding the Right Peer Reviewers
Online event by Altum
2:00 PM US-EST / 6:00 PM GMT / 7:00 PM BST
Thursday, September 23rd
Does Recognition Strengthen Peer Reviewer Identity?
Online event by ReviewerCredits and Edanz
4:00 AM US-EST / 8:00 AM GMT / 9:00 AM BST
The Future of Preprint Peer Review
Online event by EMBL-EBI and Europe PMC
5:00 AM US-EST / 9:00 AM GMT / 10:00 AM BST
Peer Reviewers and Transparency in Peer Review
Webinar by Charlesworth Author Services
7:00 AM US-EST / 11:00 AM GMT / 12:00 PM BST
Should early career researchers be appointed as peer reviewers
Webinar by Editage
8:30 AM US-EST / 12:30 PM GMT / 1:30 PM BST
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Scholarly Publishing
Online event by Aries Systems
10:00 AM US-EST / 2:00 PM GMT / 3:00 PM BST
A researcher’s guide to navigating peer review
Webinar by Luigi Longobardi for AIP Publishing
10:00 AM US-EST / 2:00 PM GMT / 3:00 PM BST
Lived Experience in Peer Review
Online event by The Lancet
11:00 AM EST / 3:00 PM GMT / 4:00 PM BST
Good Peer Review With All Aspects
Online event by EASE, Turkish Regional Chapter Panel
12:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM GMT / 5:00 AM BST
The Road to Double-Anonymous Peer Review: From Idealization to Implementation
By the Council of Science Editors
3:00 PM US-EST / 7:00 PM GMT / 8:00 PM BST
ISMTE Peer Review Week Early Career Meet Up
Online event by ISMTE
7:00 PM EST / 11 PM GMT / 12:00 AM BST
Friday, September 24th
A talk Cum Discussion on Identity in Peer Review
Online event by Chitkara University Publications
2:30 AM EST / 4:30 AM GMT / 5:30 AM BST
Responding to Revise-and-Resubmit and Rejection
Webinar by Charlesworth Author Services
7:00 AM EST / 11 AM GMT / 12:00 PM BST
Peer Review and the Pandemic
Twitter chat by F1000Research
9:00 AM US-EST / 1:00 PM GMT / 2:00 PM BST
Identity in Research Infrastructure: An Overview of How Identity Is Managed in Scholarly Infrastructure
Online event by HighWire
9:30 AM US-EST / 1:30 PM GMT / 2:30 PM BST
Does WHO You Are Influence HOW You Conduct Peer Review?
Webinar by Editage
10:00 AM US-EST / 2:00 PM GMT / 3:00 PM BST
Blog Posts
NEW: Exploring the Human Dimension of Peer Review
Blog by Guadalupe I. Lozano for DeGruyter
NEW: Identity in Peer Review: Peer Review Week 2021
Blog by Julia T. Vilstrup Mouatt at Clarivate
NEW: Peer Review Week 2021 – Opening up Peer Review at BMC
Blog by Darren Byrne & Roshan Ahmed at BMC
NEW: What? Me Review?
Blog by Casey Hooke for Sage Publishing
NEW: Six months of Transparent Peer Review at SAGE
Blog by Katrina Pickersgill at Sage Publishing
NEW: How to Minimise delays in Peer Review
Blog by Dan Nunan for Sage Publishing
NEW: Fostering a More Diverse, Equitable and Inclusive Peer Review Process at SAGE
Blog by Amanda Bockman, Julia Slater, Katie Gibson, and Sam Perkins at Sage Publishing
Including and valuing postdocs in peer review
Blog post by Gary McDowell of Lightoller, LLC
Peer Review Week 2021 – KeAi reviewers share their thoughts on this year’s theme
Blog by KeAi – publishing company
Peer Review Week 2021: Interview with Craig S. Anderson
Blog by Karger Publishing
The Case for Open Peer Review
Blog by kriyadocs
Embracing the role of the reviewer: developing diverse, equitable, and inclusive peer review teams
Blog by SAGE Publishing
Peer Review Week 2021: Identity in Peer Review
Blog by Simon Linacre of Cabells
One Nation, One Subscription
Blog by Penprints Publication
Prepublication Peer Review: An Underutilized Research Scrutiny Tool
Blog by Tamer El-Sobky, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Consultant Pediatric Orthopedics
What’s Transparent Peer Review and How Can it Benefit You?
Blog by Helen Eassom, Wiley
10 Things You Need to Know Before You Peer Review
Blog by Wiley
Role of Identity in Peer Review- Moving Towards a Reliable System
Blog by Enago
Peer Review Survey: Reporting Your Experiences
Blog by the Royal Society
Blog post series about “Identity in Peer Review”
Blog by Alexandra Hinz of De Gruyter
(Look for blog posts after 9/20/2021)
The case for more diversity in peer review
Blog by Elsevier
(Available as of 9/20/2021)
My Journey through Peer Review Week 2021
Blog by Jayanthiny Kangatharan (European Acoustics Association)
(Available as of 9/21/2021)
Peer Review Diversity in Action
Blog by Elsevier
(Available as of 9/21/2021)
Open Reviewer Identities: Full Steam Ahead or Proceed with Caution?
Blog by Veronique Kiermer and Alison Mudditt for Scholarly Kitchen
(Available as of 9/21/2021)
How to Make Peer Review More Diverse and Inclusive
Blog by Medical Research Council
(Available as of 9/22/2021)
The How and the Why of Collecting Identity Data
Blog by Kristen Overstreet from Origin Reports
(Available as of 9/22/2021)
How to improve reviewer diversity? A toolkit for editors-Part I
Blog by Elsevier
(Available as of 9/22/2021)
How to improve reviewer diversity? A toolkit for editors-Part II
Blog by Elsevier
(Available as of 9/23/2021)
Introducing Open Peer Review Content in the Web of Science
(Available as of 9/23/2021)
Videos
NEW: Peer Review 2021: What Does Identity and Inclusion in Peer Review Really Mean?
Video by George Kimble at Hindawi Limited
To Unmask “Identity in Peer Review” or Not?
Series of Videos by Enago
A series of eight videos on one page. Titles include: Moving Toward a Reliable Peer Reviewed System; An Ideal Peer Review System; Anonymous Peer-Reviewing; Perks of a Double-Blinded System; It’s a Practice of Ethics; Advantages of Revealing Identities; No Conflict of Interest; and Identity in Peer Review
Peer Review and Data Validation
Recorded webinar/video by CITI Program
(Available for viewing as of September 20th)
Get Answers to All the Prevalent Questions Related to “Identity in Peer Review”
Video by Enago
(Available for viewing as of September 20th)
Running a Great Grant Peer Review
Video by Altum
(Complete the form to receive the replay video link)
Select Crowd Review: Enabling the Intelligence of the Crowd to Review Scientific Papers Faster and Better
Video by Filestage
Increasing Transparency and Trust in Preprints: Steps Journals Can Take
Free recorded webinar by Scholastica
Transparent Peer Review
Video by Wiley
IJSPT Reviewer Workshop
Video by The International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy (IJSPT)
AGU Co-Reviewing Webinar
Video by the American Geophysical Union
Peer Review Week 2021: Interview with Craig S. Anderson
Video by by Karger Publishing
Advancing the Science of Scientific Publishing – Peer Review Congress
Virtual symposium recording by JAMA Network
Performing Scientific Peer Review
Recorded online training course by Karger Publishing
Other Online Publications
(E-books, online guides, editorials, protocols, articles and data sets)
NEW: Now More Than Ever: Reflections on the State and Importance of Peer Review
Editorial by Christopher P. Morley and Sam Grammer for STFM Journals
NEW: Reviewer’s Checklist: Achieving Excellence in Peer Review
Checklist by Enago (requires email registration)
Open Peer Review Data Sets
Data sets by The American Institute of Biological Sciences (for peer review researchers)
Journal Management Best Practices: Tales from the Trenches
Learn how to refine your journal’s peer review processes, attract more quality submissions, make actionable strategic plans to further your publishing goals, and more in this free eGuide from Scholastica.
Peer Review: The Nuts and Bolts
Downloadable online guide by Sense About Science
Peer Review Week, 2021
Editorial by Dianne King-McGavin for American Journal of Physiology
5 Steps to Running a Successful Grant Peer Review
E-book by Altum
Guide to Managing Peer Reviewers: Journal Editor Training Course
This Scholastica editor training course covers how to develop a reviewer management plan to improve the experience of peer reviewers working with your academic journal(s).
Ants-Review: A Privacy-Oriented Protocol for Incentivized Open Peer Reviews on Ethereum
Protocol by Bianca Trovò and Nazzareno Massari
Ninth International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication: Call for Abstracts
Editorial by John P. A. Ioannidis, MD, DSc, et al. Published by JAMA Network
Peer reviewing made easier: your questions answered
Article by Royal College of Psychiatrists / BJPsych Advances
Other Activities
(Quizzes, Surveys, Podcasts, and Audio Clips)
Peer Review Week Quiz
Online quiz by KnE Publishing
COPE Peer Review Diversity Survey 2021
Survey by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)
“Politics in Peer Review”
Podcast by Jasmine Wallace and Carolyn deCourt for the Council of Science Editors
Every Action Counts: The Importance of Building an Inclusive Reviewer Pool
Audio clip by Mare Meadows at Wiley
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