Useful Tips for Reviewers: How to Write an Effective Peer Review

Have you ever been asked to review a manuscript and were unsure of whether to accept? Have you ever struggled with how to provide constructive, but honest, criticism? This panel will cover the basics of what it means to be a good reviewer, when to accept an invitation to review a scientific paper, and how to successfully write an effective and professional review of a scientific manuscript.

Panelists: 

• Dr. Gail Teitzel, Editor at Trends in Microbiology, Cell Press;
• Dr. Catherine Goodman, Editor at Journal of Biological Chemistry, 
• Dr. Andrew Henderson, Associate Professor of Medicine and Microbiology, BU School of Medicine; 
• Dr. Vickery Trinkaus-Randall, Professor of Biochemistry, BU School of Medicine