OnDemand Webinar | Current Trends in Peer Review

Equity and transparency in the review process and compensation vs. non-compensation for reviewers are just some of the hot topics under debate in current discussions about peer review. This webinar will highlight and summarize the most significant trends and provide examples of transformative models that work.

Moderator: 

Dr. Clark Holdsworth, Senior Manager, Communications and Partnerships, Accdon LLC

Dr. Holdsworth leads scientific and editorial development at Accdon. He has a particular interest in the successful launch of novel communications formats and unique opportunities for visual scicomm. In his role, Dr. Holdsworth enjoys the satisfying work of partnering with journals, publishers, and researchers to gain traction on these and other difficult issues.

Tim Vines, Founder and Director, DataSeer, and Scholarly Kitchen Chef

Tim Vines is the Founder and Project Lead on DataSeer. Prior to that he founded Axios Review, an independent peer review company that helped authors find journals that wanted their paper. He was the Managing Editor for the journal Molecular Ecology for eight years, where he led their adoption of data sharing and numerous other initiatives. He writes for the industry-leading Scholarly Kitchen blog, and has published research papers on peer review, data sharing, and reproducibility (including one that was covered by Vanity Fair). He has a PhD in evolutionary ecology from the University of Edinburgh and now lives in Vancouver, Canada.

Paige Wooden, Senior Program Manager, Publication Statistics, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Paige Wooden (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5104-8440) serves as Senior Program Manager, Publication Statistics for the American Geophysical Union (AGU). She works on data projects on editorial operations, post-publication metrics, and member data to inform department and enterprise strategy. She has held various positions in the Publications department at AGU in the past 14 years of her tenure including peer review manager of AGU’s journal portfolio. She holds a Master of English Literature from University of Maryland, College Park, and a BA in English from University of California, Berkeley. When not analyzing data, she’s likely training for her next running, cycling, or triathlon event.

Dana Compton, Managing Director and Publisher for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Dana Compton is the Managing Director and Publisher for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), having previously served in the role of Editorial Director for ASCE. Prior to joining ASCE in 2018, she was a Senior Consulting Associate with KWF Consulting, working with society and other clients to develop strategies around scholarly content. Dana has also served as Publication Director for PNAS and held production positions at the American Society of Clinical Oncology and Thompson Publishing Group. Dana is a past President of the Council of Science Editors (2019-2020) and remains an active CSE volunteer. She also serves as a UN/HESI SDG Publishers’ Compact Fellow, is a member of the 2021 Society Street Program Committee, and serves on the Text Recycling Research Project advisory board.

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