New American Meteorological Society Author’s Resource Center
March 29, 2013 Filed under Blog, Featured, Publishing
The American Meteorological Society has redesigned its web site. One of the important changes is a much more clear presentation of the journals and the requirements for new submissions. By reading these pages more carefully, authors can avoid unnecessary delays after submission.
Should quality peer reviewers be recognized by the journal?
March 23, 2013 Filed under Blog, Featured, Publishing, Reviewing
I came across this web post and thought this Editor’s idea for recognizing the top 8% of reviewers was a pretty good idea. I admit it might be some work to implement, but the Editor had a formula to do it, reducing the work involved. I am a big fan of this idea for several […]
Is it OK to mentor someone who is writing a peer review?
March 15, 2013 Filed under Blog, Featured, Publishing, Reviewing, Uncategorized
Brian Curran asks: I would like to hear your thoughts regarding the review process and young (or inexperienced) reviewers. I’ve reviewed just a handful of manuscripts, so it’s safe to say I’m inexperienced. Having a mentor or two guiding us relatively inexperienced reviewers through the process might prove to be beneficial and could serve to […]
An example of why hyphens are necessary
The following is an excerpt from an email sent to staff at the University of Manchester. As part of the University’s commitment to creating change in gender equality across the University we are running a half day unconscious bias training session focussed on recruitment and promotion. The following is how it should have been punctuated […]
Reviewer wants “media-friendly schematic”
This comment appeared in a review of a paper for which I am serving as Editor. “I suggest creating a media-friendly schematic showing the basic conclusions of how ….” Given all the recent publicity about …, I believe this paper will attract media interest, and a schematic like this will be useful for explaining the […]
