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Peer Review Week 2021

VIDEO : How to write clear, helpful, and empathetic peer review comments

This video is an excerpt from two webinars in which publication experts share their experiences of coming across comments, as authors, that were vague and generic, and how their experiences as authors shaped the way they conduct peer reviews themselves. They’ve also described some of their best peer review practices, and how they adopted an empathy-based approach toward peer reviewing.

Peer Review Week 2021 at Editage: Reflections, learnings, and insights

Peer Review Week 2021 was an activity-packed event for the Editage Insights team. We review all that was done, learnt, and shared during and after the event.

We asked researchers whether an author’s identity influences perceptions about their work

As an Editage Insights reader, I’m sure you’re aware that the theme of Peer Review Week 2021 is Identity in Peer Review. Considering the relevance of topic in the current landscape of scholarly publishing, I decided to delve deeper and understand in what ways identity influences peer review.

Why do we need regional diversity in peer review?

The proportion of authors from non-traditional research-producing countries has substantially increased in the past few years, but the increase in proportion of peer reviewers from these regions has not kept pace. Why is achieving regional diversity in peer review important? Which problems related to peer review may be effectively addressed by achieving this?