BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:74d4773fa5b2abe91af2411f54374a2174 CATEGORIES:CERF Events & Webinars SUMMARY:CERF Webinar: What I Wish I Knew About Publishing When I Was a Graduate Student DESCRIPTION:
One of the most difficult things students (and young prof essors) face is getting it all down on paper and eventually into print. How ever, this gets much easier over time if you gain experience. Here are a fe w things that I have learned over the years:
Peer review has emerged as one of the major foundations of mo dern science. Although there is some variation in the way that journals use peer review to evaluate submissions, the external peer reviewer is general ly the crux of scientific validation. Assuming that the journals’ editorial managers, editors in chief, and associate editors have filtered and divert ed manuscripts that do not meet the journal’s stated aims, scope, guideline s, language adequacy, ethical responsibilities and potential conflicts of i nterest, the reviewers’ role should be focused on the manuscript’s scientif ic value. The peer reviewer is basically responsible for assessing both the scientific quality and the suitability for the specific journal. The basic objective is to assess the quality of the research underlying a manuscript ’s theory, design/conception, and discussion of results. To varying specifi city, this assessment optimally evaluates the:
In association with providing guidance to the s upervising editors, the reviewer’s responsibility is to be objective, fair and provide clear statements that are of value to the writer in helping the m to improve their science. Optimally, peer review is dependent on reciproc al altruism, wherein responsible referees are prompt, thorough, fair and co nstructive. In this webinar, Estuaries and Coasts co-editor-in-chief Si Sim enstad will provide some guidance and advice on how to be an effective peer reviewer.
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About the Presenters
< strong>About Dr. Montagna:
Dr. Paul Montagna received a Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina (1983), and completed a postdoctoral fell owship at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (1986). He was a prof essor at the University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute from 1 986 – 2006, where he was the creator and founding manager of the Mission-Ar ansas National Estuarine Research Reserve in 2006. In September 2006, he be came the Endowed Chair for Ecosystem Studies and Modeling at the Harte Rese arch Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. He is also a Professor, Departm ent of Physical & Environmental Sciences; and Regents Professor, Texas A&M University System. His research focuses on two major themes: fresh water inflow necessary to maintain the ecological health of estuaries; and biological and ecological effects of offshore exploration and production on continental shelves and the deep-sea, including oil seeps and spills. Paul has a long history with CERF having chaired the 1995 Biennial Meeting in C orpus Christi, Texas, served on the CERF Board 1997-2001 and 2005-2007, and been Co-Editor in Chief for Estuaries and Coasts since January 2017.
About Charles "Si" Simenstad
Charles “Si” Simenstad is an estuarine/coastal marine ecologist who studies fish habitat associations, community interactions and food webs, with a particular focus on Pacific sa lmon in the Pacific Northwest region. The two questions that form the base of his research are: What controls an ecosystem’s ability to support fish s uch as juvenile Pacific salmon? and, What might alter the integrity of the relationship between salmon and the landscape? His work thus covers a varie ty of topics, from what juvenile salmon prey on while they are growing in e stuaries, to the influence of landscape structure on fish behavior in coast al wetlands. Additionally, he is deeply involved in estuarine/coastal habit at restoration from San Francisco Bay north to Alaska. In recognition of hi s efforts, he was awarded NOAA’s Nancy Foster Habitat Conservation Award. < /p>