Guiding Question:
How can scholarly feedback strengthen my research article?

Learning Objectives

• explain the purposes of peer review;

• evaluate a research manuscript critically and constructively;

• distinguish substantive from editorial concerns;

• provide specific and actionable feedback;

• evaluate feedback critically;

• develop a systematic revision strategy.

Resource

Taylor & Francis Author Services. Understanding Peer Review. https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/publishing-your-research/peer-review/

Topics

• Purposes of peer review

• Reviewer expectations

• Major and minor concerns

• Constructive reviewer language

• Receiving criticism

• Evaluating reviewer recommendations

• Revision as rethinking

• Substantive versus surface revision

Peer Review Framework

Students evaluate:

1. Research problem and significance

2. Argument

3. Contribution

4. Engagement with literature

5. Methodological coherence

6. Evidence

7. Interpretation

8. Organization

9. Scholarly voice

10. Fit with target journal

Workshop

Exchange substantial manuscript. Each author receives written and oral feedback.

Submit:

A. Peer-review report on another manuscript

B. Revision plan for your own manuscript