Dear ecologgers: We would like to bring to your attention the following workshop to be held at the ESA annual meeting this year and to solicit questions from those of you interested in the peer-review process from the reviewer's perspective.
We have organized a workshop on "Things they don't typically teach you in grad school: peer review inside-out", to be held on Thursday, August 11th from 11.30am to 1.15pm in Austin Convention Center room 5. This workshop is built on need we perceived for graduate students to gain a better understanding of how peer review works - not just as submitters of articles, but also as reviewers. We are very fortunate to have as participants ten editors-in-chief from some of the most prestigious journals in ecology, including: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Journal of Ecology, Ecology, Bulletin of the ESA, Ecological Monographs, Ecosphere, The American Naturalist, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Ecology Letters, and Oecologia. The workshop will walk the attendees through the peer review process, guided by the aforementioned editors-in-chief. We will also discuss the value (to science, society and oneself!) of serving as a reviewer for a journal and will propose and discuss novel ways to take an active part in this critical component of ecological science. The workshop will feature both panel and smaller breakout sessions where participants will be able to ask questions directly... but just to make sure the conversation flows nicely, we're hoping to build up a list of some questions in advance. If you have any questions, please email them to [email protected] Many thanks and see you in Austin! Rob Salguero-Gomez Naupaka Zimmerman Jorge Ramos -- *PLEASE NOTE THAT MY NEW EMAIL FOR WORK-RELATED STUFF IS [email protected] -- "Aliud iter ad prosperitatem nos est: id est omnibus rebus vincere" .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Rob Salguero-Gómez, PhD Postdoctoral fellow Address: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, room 310 Konrad-Zuse-Str. 1. 18057 Rostock, Germany Office phone: +49 (0) 381.2081-267 (ext. 236) Fax: +49 (0) 381.2081-567 Email: [email protected] <[email protected]> Skype: robertosalguerogomez Website: http://sites.google.com/site/RobResearchSite/ *
