[ATTW-L] Materials for helping newer scholars learn to be reviewers?

[Elizabeth Tomlinson]

Quite a few years ago I attended a workshop on this topic led by an editor from the Journal for Management Education. I still generally follow the approach he suggested. (It's been long enough that unfortunately I don't recall the editor's name.)

1. Open the review with a brief summary of the paper in your own words.

2. Highlight strengths. Potentially hint at or identify your thoughts on the value of the paper's contribution.

3. Identify major concerns. Separate each into its own paragraph and restrict that paragraph to focus solely on that one point. Generally avoid giving more than six major suggestions to avoid overwhelming the writer.

4. Address minor issues.

5. Close by thanking them for the opportunity to read their work.

Overall, keep several principles in mind:
- remember that it isn't your paper
- do trust your judgment
- envision your audience as a colleague and keep your focus on being developmental.


Beth Tomlinson


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I’m working with a team at IEEE Transaction on Prof Comm to develop mentoring materials for younger scholars interested in working as peer reviewers. I write to ask if you would be willing to share materials, links, references, whatever you might have that will help with the job of diversifying the reviewer group *and* preparing new reviewers to succeed.



For example, do you have assignments you use? Maybe there’s some websites you refer grad students to? What journals do you review for now that have mentorship materials for newer scholars? Or more generally, what *should* we be doing at IEEE Transactions (or other journals) to mentor newer scholars to become successful peer reviewers?



Thanks so much for your thoughts!
SDW



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