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Revision as of 17:12, 17 August 2025
The pre- and post-course assignments have been designed to simulate a "real" peer-review process. The emails that are sent to the participants about the pre- and post-course assignments include an introduction to the assignment and are then followed by a peer review request that has been adapted from requests used by the journal partner.
The assignments can use real manuscripts that have passed peer review but are not yet published, pre-prints, or papers that have already been published.
Pre-course Assignment
Rationale
- Gauge the baseline peer review ability of participants
Assignment description
We request four manuscripts from the partner journal that have passed the peer review stage, but have not yet been published from our journal partner. If you are not working without a journal partner, any pre-print or published paper would also be sufficient.
The participants are randomly assigned to one of the four manuscripts. They are then asked to write a review for one of the four manuscripts as if they were getting the request directly from the journal. They are given little guidance on how to write a peer-review report but are encouraged to use any resources available to them.
Participants have two weeks to complete the review, and they are able to request an extension if needed.
Assessment of the pre-course assignment
[Insert evaluation strategy here]
The baseline peer-review knowledge and ability can be used as a guide to help with assigning the workshop groups.
Related email templates
Email: Pre-course assessment
Post-course Assignment
Rationale
- Assess participants' growth from the course
Assignment description
We use the same four manuscripts that were distributed as the pre-course assignment. For the post-course assignment, we recommend that each participant be assigned one of the four pre-course assignments that they have not previously reviewed.
The teaching team provides feedback on the post-course assignment following submission.
Ideally, based on the timeframe of the course, the manuscripts that the participants have reviewed for the pre and post course assignments will be published shortly after the completion of the course. This way the participants will be able to compare their own reviews to the published reviews for the papers (if partnering with an open review journal).
Assessment of the post-course assignment
[Insert evaluation strategy here]
Related email templates
Email: Post-course assessment