Editage Insights Peer Reviewer Development Program 18/7/2016 Editage Insights Peer Reviewer Development Program Encourage, nurture, and develop your authors and peer reviewers

As a publisher, are you looking to… 18/7/2016 As a publisher, are you looking to… Expand your pool of reviewers by equipping authors with the right skills to begin their reviewing journey? Further train experienced peer reviewers in order to improve the quality of their reviews and in turn that of published work? Strengthen your brand by launching a great education initiative for peer reviewers? Build and grow your reputation as a publisher who truly cares about their authors and reviewers? 2

Now let’s look at what peer reviewers want… 18/7/2016 Now let’s look at what peer reviewers want… I confess: I am a peer reviewer and don’t really know what I’m doing. Peer reviewing is a common part of the job of early career researchers (ECRs) and yet we receive very little training (or none at all) on how to peer review. Dr. Melissa Burke: Peer review: how exactly do I do that? I think there should be a system whereby PhD students have to review at least three papers during their training. The supervisor would officially review the paper for the journal, but the student would write a review to be compared with the supervisor’s. Feedback can then improve the student’s next review. Fiona Russell: Should there be training for peer reviewers? With peer review remaining so central to the research process, despite its flaws, understanding the motivations to publish in peer reviewed journals and to review another academic’s work is crucial. Addressing what training is needed is even more important.  Elaine Devine: If we want to improve peer review, we'll need to invest in training? 3

Presenting….a solution that will serve both these needs! 18/7/2016 Presenting….a solution that will serve both these needs! A comprehensive interactive training course for peer reviewers! 4

So what is this training course about? 18/7/2016 So what is this training course about? The course is titled “Become a great reviewer”. It provides essential training for new AND established peer reviewers. 5

What makes this course unique? 18/7/2016 What makes this course unique? Course features include: Videos, infographics, and other interactive elements An active discussion forum Quizzes and a mock peer review exercise A downloadable peer review report template Advice and deep insights from prolific experienced peer reviewers mentioned below 6

Preview of some elements in the course 18/7/2016 Preview of some elements in the course 7

“very clear flow-chart easy to understand” User comments: “A very concise summary of the initial process for journal submitting.” “very clear flow-chart easy to understand” “Very clear lecture. I like the flowchart” 8

User comments: “Reviewing improves the way I write my own papers and the way I develop my own projects. I started reviewing as a compulsory task in my PhD, and thought I was dreadful at it.” “As a reviewer, although tedious in addition to ones job, there is increase in knowledge in the particular field of ones interest and it offers better opportunity of interacting with researchers and other reviewers.” 9

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Launched in August 2017 with Medicine; two versions marketed

How has it been received? Basic course - Total number of sign-ups: 692 Average quiz scores: 82.33% Comments and interaction: 872 comments Advanced course - Total number of sign-ups: 59 Average quiz scores: 85.75% Comments and interaction: 96 comments

Interesting comments beyond questions (1/3) 18/7/2016 Interesting comments beyond questions (1/3) Lecture topic – Types of peer review: As an author, which of these types of peer review have your manuscripts gone through? Which of these do you prefer and why? 13

Interesting comments beyond questions (2/3) Lecture topic – How reviewing can help you: Think of yourself as a reviewer. Why would you want to take up peer reviewing? Are there any other benefits that you can think of? 14

Interesting comments beyond questions (3/3) Lecture topic – Should you accept the invitation to peer review? Imagine you have received an invitation to review a paper. How would you feel about it? Excited? Nervous? Do you think you will be able to take on this responsibility? 15

A personalized experience for learners (1/2) We also engage with learners by responding to their comments. This creates a sort of dialogue and a comfortable, interactive environment for knowledge sharing. 16

A personalized experience for learners (2/2) 17

Feedback from learners who completed the course (1/2) Why did you take the course and what were your expectations of the training? I attended the course because I felt the need to reinforce my capability and skills about peer review. Previously I have done a peer review for my first time when I did not have any skill to do a simple basic peer review. In fact, I recognized my weakness and felt the need to improve my knowledge about peer reviewing and become a good peer reviewer Did your understanding of peer review improve with the course? If so, how? This course really reinforces the capacity of trainee to objectively analyze the quality of the manuscript to be reviewed. That is also a means to build trainee scientific career and enhance journal reader attractiveness and impact. Personally, I learned a lot about a broad field of skill (peer review principles and methods), especially since I conducted a mock peer review of a published paper

Feedback from learners who completed the course (1/2) Would you recommend the course to others? Globally the course is very interesting, important, and merits to be done. The training cost is reasonable. The learning method is well illustrated (through theoretic course and exercises or Quiz time after each lesson) and easy to understand. The content of this course (from introduction to peer review to detailed comment) is interesting and instructive. I recommend the course to others.

Feedback from the journal I can say that Medicine was thrilled to offer the Peer Review Training  Courses to our reviewers and authors. We wanted to offer courses for new and experienced reviewers to help them improve their skills and get a better understanding of how the peer review system works. So far we are happy to work with Editage in proving these courses and look forward to expanding to other journals within the Wolters Kluwer journal portfolio - Thomas Pacific, Publisher, Medicine

Why you should adopt this course for your journal 18/7/2016 Why you should adopt this course for your journal This course will help publishers expand their pool of reviewers by helping authors understand the basics of and best practices in peer reviewing. Both your new and experienced reviewers will be able to make their reviews stand out by applying valuable pointers from learned academics who have decades of experience as peer reviewers. Learning how expert research methodologists and statisticians approach peer reviews will help reviewers improve the quality of reviews. Publishers can use this as a great tool to give back to reviewers and engage with authors 21