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Student Peer Reviewer
We are currently looking for:
10
Responsibilities:​
Provides written, unbiased and constructive peer-review feedback to improve submitted manuscripts.
Assesses manuscripts for scientific accuracy, originality and interest to a bioscience audience.
Conducts background research on the field to which the manuscript belongs to in order to perform a better review (journal article searches, internet searches, conferences and seminars).
Recommends acceptance, rejection or revision of manuscripts to the Submission Officer. Liaises with the Submission Officers for any ideas, issues or concerns.
Liaises with the Scientific Advisor to collect feedback on the peer review report.
Assesses manuscripts for clarity and proficiency of writing.
Completes peer review training.
Time commitment:​
The Student Peer Reviewers are expected to dedicate 10hrs/month to the journal to perform peer reviews. Peer Reviewers are expected to review a minimum of one manuscript per month. This may vary depending on the number of manuscripts submitted and may increase upon request. Students will be given 2 weeks to complete the peer-review once assigned to a manuscript. Typically, a peer review takes 1-2 days to complete, but normally it should not take longer than 6 hours altogether.
Following the successful outcome of their application, peer Reviewers must complete training at the start of First Term. This will consist of a 2-week long program where Peer Reviewers are invited to familiarize themselves with the journal’s resources provided, attend workshops, perform a peer review of a bioscience article and incorporate feedback from the Scientific Advisor. While you have two weeks to complete the training, we do not expect this to take up more than a couple of hours.