Building Research Skills through Being a Peer Reviewer

Benson, Lisa; Bates, Rebecca; Jensen, Karin; Lichtenstein, Gary; Watts, K.; Ko, Mia; Albayati, Balsam

doi:10.18260/1-2--36769

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“…Inspired by the success (Benson et al 2021, Jensen et al, 2022 of the mentored reviewer program conducted by the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE) (Journal of Engineering Education Mentored Reviewer Program, 2019), JEET embarked on its own version of it in May of 2020 (Hattingh et al 2021). Given the volume of submissions received by JEET and the corresponding scaling up of Associate Editors, the program was modified to provide additional mentoring for AE's prior to the start of the program.…”

Section: ) Mentored Reviewer Programmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transforming the Journal of Engineering Education Transformations

Sohoni,

R Desai

2024

Research in Engineering Education Symposium

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ContextA reputable and reliable outlet for publication is an important component of building a research ecosystem. Currently, the Engineering Education Research community in India is at a nascent stage, and lacks a world-renowned outlet for publication. The Journal of Engineering Education Transformations (JEET), was established in 1985 to serve as an outlet for sharing narratives of educational transformations at engineering institutions in western India. For the past six years, the journal has itself undergone a transformation, from publishing a small set of case studies, to publishing peer-reviewed articles that range from engineering education research, to practice and even policy. As a result of this transformation, the number of submissions to the journal have skyrocketed over the last few years indicating the EER community's faith in the journal's quality and practices. This article aims to describe JEET's transformation and provides details of its inner workings including training programs such as a mentored reviewer program. The journal and the EER ecosystem in India, have a long way to go, and a discussion on JEET is necessary to engage the EER community. Purpose or GoalThe goal behind submitting this article is to have a frank and open conversation on how operating procedures could be improved at the journal, how the EER community in India can benefit from adopting the journal and enabling its success, and to solicit innovative ideas on how the journal can best serve the needs of a growing ecosystem of engineering education researchers and scholarly teachers in India. A secondary goal is to involve the global EER community at large to help JEET in having an impact and presence beyond India. MethodsThe paper takes a simple narrative approach, with the journal editors presenting the history and growth of the journal, supported by statistics on number of submissions, time to review, time to publish etc. OutcomesThe paper will showcase the journey of the journal from being a repository for the occasional case study to a Scopus-indexed journal that accepts papers on the scholarship of teaching and learning. ConclusionJEET has established strong practices for peer review and quality control. It seeks more engagement from budding engineering education researchers in India for participating in peer-reviews. It will also benefit from international engagement. Having become a Scopusindexed journal, JEET serves to elevate the EER community in India and needs participation from all stakeholders to take it to the next level.

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Section: ) Mentored Reviewer Programmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transforming the Journal of Engineering Education Transformations

Sohoni,

R Desai

2024

Research in Engineering Education Symposium

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“…Recently, several journals in various fields have begun offering formal training in peer review through mentored reviewer programs [20]- [24]. Results from these programs include higher quality reviews and increased confidence of novice reviewers to conduct reviews in their field [9], [10], [25]. To our knowledge, similar programs have not yet been formed for grant proposal peer review beyond workshops.…”

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confidence: 99%

Overlooked, Underlying: Understanding tacit criteria of proposal reviewing during a mock panel review

Sims,

Watts,

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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“…All of these experiences reinforce individual ties to a broader community of researchers, who contribute to the community through multiple forms of peer review as well as their individual scholarship. More detailed description of the processes as well as related research questions and synthesis can be found in [1] - [6].…”

Section: Background and Purposementioning

confidence: 99%