• Shaping the scientific outlet • Being part of evaluation • Reviewing and impact metrics Your scientific output: the editor‘s view Sven Bradler Your scientific output: the editor‘s view Peer reviewing process Manuscript submission Editor/Editorial board member decision (Cover letter!) Finding/inviting reviewers (please make suggestions!) Preliminary decision after review (major, minor revision) desk rejection Final decision after revision (accept or reject) rejection Shaping the scientific output How to make yourself AND your research output transparent and visible! Shaping the scientific output How to make yourself AND your research output transparent and visible! Shaping the scientific output How to make yourself AND your research output transparent and visible! Shaping the scientific output How to make yourself AND your research output transparent and visible! Shaping the scientific output How to make yourself AND your research output transparent and visible! Shaping the scientific output How to make yourself AND your research output transparent and visible! Shaping the scientific output How to make yourself AND your research output transparent and visible! Open peer review • Author known to peer reviewer • Peer reviewer known after reviewing process • Reviewer‘s comments published along with article • Submissions published immediately as preprint • Reviewing process open / visible to readers • Author can reply to reviewer comments • Commentaries can be submitted by readers Pros • … Cons • … • … ‘Traditional‘ peer review • … • … • … Strenghts • … Weaknesses • … • … Open peer review • … Opportunities Threats • … • … • … • … Metrics: What reward do I expect after publication? • Long-term: Citations => h-index: Metrics: What reward do I expect after publication? A scholar has X papers with at least X citations • Short-term: Altmetrics – alternative metrics Metrics: What reward do I expect after publication? Altmetrics collects, filters and sorts disparate web information about scholarly contents (e.g., a paper) • Short-term: Altmetrics – alternative metrics Metrics: What reward do I expect after publication? Metrics: What reward do I expect after publication? • Metrics? People should not count – but read the output!