Panel members are asked to prioritise review requests from RSC Advances where possible and reasonable, and to provide high quality reviews using the criteria listed in our terms of reference.Īll members of the Reviewer Panel work within our terms of reference and we are always happy to consider new applications, particularly from early career researchers and under-represented groups. Associate Editors will still match each reviewer's chosen areas of expertise to the manuscript and take care to limit the number of invitations per individual reviewer. We maintain a database of all members of the Reviewer Panel, and Associate Editors are encouraged to use this when searching for reviewers for papers they are handling. Being a member of the panel also enables early career researchers to be involved with the journal and the editorial process. The RSC Advances Review Panel aims to help address this imbalance by providing Associate Editors with another way to find expert reviewers who want more opportunities to review. In a recent report by the IOP 25% of early career researchers reported having more time available for peer review activities.
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Many established researchers report that they receive too many peer review invitations, whereas early career researchers and under-represented groups report receiving few invitations.
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Generally, Associate Editors find reviewers by matching the research interests of the reviewer to the article, looking at the authors of previously published research on the same topic and using their own network of contacts. In addition to our standard database of reviewers RSC Advances has a Reviewer Panel, made up of global expert reviewers from across the chemical sciences and all at post-PhD career stages.Įvery article published in RSC Advances has gone through the peer review process, as have 37% of the rejected manuscripts.