Conducting peer-review: Do’s & don’ts
Target audience
PhD students within FPPW (can be beginner or advanced)
Organizing and scientific committee
Prof. Dr. Ernst Koster
Abstract
Conducting peer-reviews is an essential yet hotly debated topic within science. The ability to conduct peer-review in an appropriate and high quality fashion can be an important learning process that facilitates one’s academic career. In this interactive workshop key aspects of conducting peer review will be discussed and we will interactively work on examples that are based on the PhD students’ experiences.
Objectives
- Understanding the place of peer-review in the scientific process
- Being up to date about major discussions about peer review
- Having an advanced understanding of how to conduct peer-review
- Being able to independently conduct a high quality peer review
Dates and venue
- 28 February 2024 and 20 March 2024
- From 9h until 16h30
- lokaal 130.047 (henri dunantlaan 2)
Preliminary programme
Day 1
09.00-10.00: Introduction and getting-to-know
10.00-10u30: Peer-review basics
10u30-10u45: Break
10u45-12u00: Peer-review basics
12u00-13u00: Lunch
13u00-14u00: Group discussion & Personal experiences
14u00-14u30: How to conduct peer-review: Do’s and don’ts
14u30-14u45: Break
14u45-16u00: How to conduct peer-review: Do’s and don’ts
16u00-16u30: Assignment
Day 2
09u00-10u30: Group discussion of assignment
10u30-10u45: Break
10u45-12u00: Understanding the editorial back-end
12u00-13u00: Lunch
13u00-14u00: Rebuttal letters
14u00-14u30: How to review the rebuttal
14u30-14u45: Break
14u45-16u00: Making the most of peer-review
16u00-16u30: Concluding remarks
Registration
- Follow this link for the registration and waiting list.
- Your registration will be confirmed by separate e-mail from the Doctoral Schools.
- Cancellation of your registration can only be performed by sending an email to doctoralschools@ugent.be.
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The no show policy applies.
Registration fee
Free of charge for Doctoral School members.
Number of participants
Maximum 20
Language
English
Evaluation method
100¨% attendance and active participation
After successful participation, the Doctoral Schools will add this course to your curriculum of the Doctoral Training Programme in Oasis. Please note that this can take up to one to two months after completion of the course.