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REVIEWERS’ INFORMATION PACK 6. LISTENING TO OUR REVIEWERS 6.2. Reviewers’ Home Newsletter: Reviewers’ Update Reviewers’ Home – www.elsevier.com/reviewers – provides practical information for reviewers including resources to expedite this often time-consuming process. The site includes: We also produce a Reviewers’ Update, a free quarterly newsletter aimed specifically at reviewers featuring news, commentary, and debate about peer review will feature. Reviewers can sign up for this e-update on the Reviewers’ Home page www.elsevier.com/reviewersupdate Editors’ advice. One of the most useful features is the ‘Advice from Editors’ section, where reviewers receive specific advice direct from editors. Top answers. The ‘FAQ’ section contains a large amount of detailed information to satisfy many queries. If however, you cannot find the answer to your question here, there’s a link to live (online) support. Quick reference. Many reviewers have questions about statistics. Reviewers can use the quick-reference guide presented in these pages to help them address the most common issues encountered in scientific and medical papers. Portal. Useful links to other web resources, including Sense about Science and the Council of Science Editors can also be found on these pages. Policy and procedures. In addition to general information about peer review, the new pages outline the Elsevier-specific peer-review policy, and how EES works. 6.3. Elsevier and Sense About Science Reviewer Survey The goal is to generate a wider public discussion about good science and help make sense of isolated claims. For more information please see http://editorsupdate.elsevier.com/2009/08/sense-aboutscience-survey-asks-scientists-about-peer-review Reviewer guidelines. Our brief guide to reviewing outlines the purpose of peer review, what to consider when being asked to review, what to look at when conducting the review and how reviewers should communicate their report back to editors. ‘How to Review a Manuscript’ webcasts. A Series of 3 webcasts aimed at reviewers. The first webcast takes a look at the background of peer review, the peer-review process and why it’s important to review. The second webcast tackles the reviewing process and the last webcast in the series looks at the role of the reviewer, including an editor’s view on what makes a good reviewer. www.elsevier.com/reviewers 13  http://www.elsevier.com/reviewers http://www.elsevier.com/reviewersupdate http://editorsupdate.elsevier.com/2009/08/sense-about-science-survey-asks-scientists-about-peer-review http://editorsupdate.elsevier.com/2009/08/sense-about-science-survey-asks-scientists-about-peer-review http://www.elsevier.com/reviewers

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Reviewers Informaton Pack 2013

Reviewers Informaton Pack 2013
Contents
About Elsevier
About Peer Review
Duties of Reviewers
Peer-Review System
Supporting Our Reviewers
Listening to Our Reviewers
A Brief Guide to Reviewing

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