Prescient Poem about Writing for Publication
April 2, 2013 Filed under Blog, Featured, Publishing
Writing for the AMS [American Meteorological Society] George W. Mindling Official in Charge, Weather Bureau Office Atlanta, Georgia, March 29, 1939 Did you ever write a paper for the AMS In a Weather Bureau office without great distress While the sky was dark and gloomy with a threat of coming rain And the phone was […]
The Golden Rule of Reviewing
The Golden Rule If you submit N papers per year, you should perform 2N to 3N per year. It is only the right thing to do. If you impose a submission onto the peer-reviewing system, then you owe it to the system to perform two or three reviews to make up for it. The peer-reviewing […]
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 […]
