Jasmine Wallace is the Peer Review Manager at the American Society for Microbiology, responsible for ensuring peer review practices and policies are up-to-date and applied consistently across their journals. She is also a Teaching Assistant at George Washington University and serves as co-chair of the Professional Development Committee for the Council of Science Editors.
A major factor in determining quality in the peer review process are the reviewers. Without peers providing high-quality reviews, the value-add of the peer review process declines. We started this conversation about what makes a quality peer review within our larger community via Twitter , and came up with a few qualities of good peer reviewers.
Jasmine Wallace shares strategies for getting the most out of attending publishing meetings.
Your desk is covered with brochures about getting new skills to meet growing needs, and course offerings for continuing education credits. Your inbox is filled with notices about meetings and webinars. How do you decide which is worth your time?
What topic makes you uncomfortable in our industry? For me, it’s diversity: a subject that impacts me, but that I’ve never been courageous enough to address.
Editor’s Note: Today’s Guest Post is written by Jasmine Wallace, the Peer Review Manager at the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) in Washington, D.C. At ASM she sets peer review priorities and helps ensure peer review practices and policies are […]