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Providing peer review training and preprint feedback through preprint journal clubs

Providing peer review training and preprint feedback through preprint journal clubs. Students learn critical evaluation, produce written peer reviews and authors receive much-needed feedback. Increased participation in peer review and interactions with the scientific community.

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Providing peer review training and preprint feedback through preprint journal clubs

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  1. Prachee Avasthi, PhD Assistant Professor University of Kansas Medical Center Providing peer review training and preprint feedback through preprint journal clubs

  2. Preprint Journal Club: Critical analysis of preprints with feedback sent to authors

  3. 1 solution for 2 problems • Current training on peer review based on individual experiences, not best practices. • Preprints feedback currently minimal. eLife

  4. Benefits • Students learn critical evaluation of work that is not previously peer reviewed. • Students learn to produce a written peer review. • Student accountability in journal clubs (constructive comments). • Students increase interactions with the larger scientific community. • Preprint authors get much needed feedback. • Increased participation in peer review. Mol Biol Cell. 2011 Mar 1; 22(5): 525–527.

  5. Proof of Concept 2nd-5th year graduate students, Fall 2016 http://asapbio.org/10-ways

  6. Public Posting

  7. PREreview.org Daniela Saderi Sam Hindle

  8. What did we learn? • What worked: • Students preferred this format (written component/accountability) • Authors welcomed feedback • Students received point by point responses (critical feedback) • Needs improvement: • More significant peer review trainingis needed • Interest/expertise was varied in this setting

  9. Other Examples • Josh Bembeneck (UTK): student received • journal reviews • response to reviewers • final version

  10. Suggestions: • hypothes.is comments • organize as class with mandatory participation • summarize and disseminate feedback • Resources requested: • Mechanism for authors to request journal club review • Standardized platform for journal clubs and their reviews

  11. What’s next? • Start your own preprint journal club (course, lab meeting, scientific interest group). • Virtual journal club!! • Phase Separation Journal Club, Alice Soragni(UCLA) • Online discussion via Slack • Collect comments in a Google doc and send to authors

  12. Key Points • Leverage journal clubs at every institution to: • Train students on written peer review • Increase participants in peer review • Increase feedback on preprints • Consider a virtual journal club

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