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INTEREST CATEGORY: INNOVATION AND TECH
POSTING TYPE: Journal News

Author: Minu Kumar

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JPIM Reviewer Development Program Call for Participants

Program overview and benefits for reviewers

Reviewing for well-known peer-reviewed journals provides several benefits including developing as a scholar (e.g., improving critical thinking, increasing domain knowledge, improving research execution capabilities, improving research explication capabilities, improving knowledge about responding to reviewers of your own research, improving knowledge about the journal’s editorial stance etc.), career benefits, personal fulfillment among others (Barczak and Griffin 2020¹). The JPIM trainee reviewer program is intended to help trainee reviewers learn about the full peer-review process. Program participants gain from:

1. attending synchronous online training workshops about how to write good reviews and how to write better manuscripts,
2. review manuscripts, discuss their reviews with mentors, see other reviews, see the reports from Associate Editors, and Editor’s decision letters,
3. see behind the scenes of how journal decisions are made by JPIM editorial staff,
4. at the end of the program, the trainees receive a course completion certificate that can help in your job search, and
5. at the discretion of the editors and the program manager, they may be added to the JPIM reviewer pool.

Who is it for?

1. An advanced doctoral student. Someone who has defended their dissertation proposal,
2. A postdoctoral associate, and
3. An untenured professor. Someone who is within one-three years of completing their Ph.D.

Application Process

Interested participants apply by August 30th 2022. Please send an email to the Program Manager (Professor Minu Kumar) at mkumar@sfsu.edu with a short cover letter expressing interest in the program, details of past reviewing experience, and a latest copy of your CV along with a list of your peer-reviewed publications (journals and conferences). In your cover letter please explain why you are interested in the program and what you expect to personally gain from it.

Selection criteria

Preference will be given to candidates who have experience reviewing, full papers, conference papers, extended abstracts, and have a good publication record

Candidates will be notified by mid-September if they are selected for the program.

¹Barczak, G., & Griffin, A. (2021). How to conduct an effective peer review. Edward Elgar Publishing.