Beginner's Tips on Reviewing a Paper for a Journal

"Invitation to Review for XXXX Journal"
Should you accept the invitation?
On one hand, there is a huge shortage of reviewers (that was often how a PhD student could have a chance to review a paper).
However, on the other hand, I was concerned my feedback would not be good enough.
When I anxiously served as a reviewer for the first time as Ph.D. student, I wished someone could spill the beans and share how one could feel more on top of this important responsibility.
This video is a simple guide to how you can evaluate a submitted manuscript scientifically and give more all-rounded feedback.
What I didn't go into was the use of constructive and polite language when providing input, but this topic probably deserves its own video :)
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Love it - from one reviewer to another!! Keep posting Vera!

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Glad you liked it. Check out David's channel because he has also shared a few tips on reviewing papers!

[@josephjefferson2617]

Thank you Vera, for finally very lightly addressing the subject of "Impostor Syndrome" in relation to peer review. Wonderful. joe.

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Hi Joe, I am glad you like this one, I have to address this topic properly in the near future, perhaps when I overcome my own "Imposter Syndrome"!

[@josephjefferson2617]

@@PhDCoffeeTime 😀 LOL, joe. Vera, come on now, you are FAR from being an impostor.

[@phanindrajrf3663]

a hardcopy helps too for reviewing

[@Maveric72]

Thank you for your videos, Ma'am.

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Glad you like them!

[@dr.merlot1532]

Thanks for helping me feel like less of an imposter. I don't like rejecting papers. I always recommend for publication but with minor corrections to typo's and a little more clarification of results. I wonder? Is one more likely to be an "imposter" if one is too agreeable as a reviewer? Are people who give harsher critiques the real experts? Thoughts about this??

[@PhDCoffeeTime]

Good question! In fact, I was the same way when I started as reviewer. The editor has the final decision making to balance out the opinions between all of the reviewers. Typically, an editor would seek both a junior reviewer and a senior reviewer to give their feedback simultaneously. So, quite often when I was giving "major correction" to a problematic paper just trying to be agreeable, the other experienced reviewers would have already suggested "rejection". So I think as a younger reviewer, we can (and we should!) read the other reviewer's feedback and learn how we can become better at reviewing!