TRB Updates for Midyear Webinars July 2017 Transportation Research Board TRB Updates for Midyear Webinars July 2017

Topics New Webinar Feature in MyTRB New Event on Sunday at Annual Meeting Changes Paper Review Questions and Instructions Compendium and AMOnline Submitting Papers Enhancements - Areas of Expertise

New Webinar Features in MyTRB With your MyTRB account you can: See the upcoming schedule Easier pre-populated registration Review your history and PDHs Submit an idea – convenient link to forms October 15, 2017 deadline for webinars Jan. 1 - June 30, 2018. TRB State DOT Representatives have a reporting feature Get additional guidance on registration, fees, writing learning objectives, links to RCEP.net for PDH certificates

New Sunday Event Being Piloted Careers in Motion Fair Networking event to support expanding workforce Recent graduates to executives can interact with perspective multimodal employers Sunday January 7, 2018 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Convention Center Access with Annual Meeting Registration or ‘Expo-Only’ Sunday pass that includes Exhibits & Welcome Session Contact Patrice Davenport PDavenport@nas.edu if your organization would like to exhibit

Paper Review Refinements Quality of Writing criterion has been reworded to emphasize: Paper must be written well enough to be readily understood Poor English grammar is sufficient grounds for rejection Very poorly written papers may be reject on that basis alone without completing the rest of the review. * Expect more strict review to improve TRR editorial time & cost efficiency The instructions for Authors, Reviewers, Review Coordinators, and Event Planners has been reviewed and revised to clean up material that has accrued over time. Please encourage your review coordinators and reviewers to take advantage of this option in applicable cases. It may seem harsh at first, but we will be doing these authors a favor if it encourages those who are not adept at writing in English to get their papers edited to some degree before submitting them. And it will certainly make it easier for reviewers who are reviewing a large number of papers.

Compendium & AMOnline _ □ X The Compendium of Papers will no longer be produced. All the same content will still be accessible, but not in the Compendium format. Eliminates duplication and saves costs AMOnline.trb.org Download Compendium Accepted papers for presentation can no longer opt out of inclusion in AMOnline. Registrants and sponsors have not been able to find a portion of papers from Annual Meeting sessions in AMOnline If a paper is accepted for presentation only, authors will have the option to replace their paper with an extended abstract

Areas of Expertise Voluntary feature in MyTRB paper review Helpful key words that enable Paper Review Coordinators/Committee Chair (PRC) to match Reviewers with Papers Requires action from both PRC and Reviewers. PRC/Chair selects terms Reviewers then pick from the list Both need to be done before August 15th paper assignment

Areas of Expertise Enhancements: Up to 15 terms can be defined Reviewers will have MyTRB access in early July Moved up on the calendar to allow time for your Reviewers to pick One page quick reference sheets https://www.trb.org/AnnualMeeting/AMReviewCoordinatorResource.aspx

Thank You Other links of possible interest: Revised Requirements for Submitting Papers (author guidelines): http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/AM/InfoForAuthors.pdf Instructions for Paper Reviewers: http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/am/2018/reviewerpolicyinstructions.pdf