Mastering Peer Review: Strategies for Success for Natural and Life Sciences

Participant Profile

Advanced doctoral candidates in the Natural and Life Sciences.

Objectives

The aims of the workshop are:

• to understand the peer review process, its different forms and its limitation

• to learn what editors and reviewers expect from grant proposals and research articles

• to deal with feedback and criticism in different cultures

Content

• Definition of peer review

•  Which skills are needed to master the peer review process?

•  The different types of peer review

•  Criteria checked by editors and reviewers for grant proposals and research articles

•  Common reasons for rejection of grant proposals and research articles

•  Giving and receiving feedback and criticism in Germany and across other cultures

Please note

During the workshop, participants can draft a cover letter for their next article. Therefore, before the workshop participants are asked to prepare the (preliminary) title of their next article.