Saturday 16 May 2020

Publons **FREE** Webinar - Qualified Journals and Criteria: The Importance of Peer Review - 21st May.



Title: Qualified Journals and Criteria: The Importance of Peer Review
Gain insights into peer review practices worldwide, including what distinguishes the world’s best (and the world’s worst) journals. This webinar looks at the importance of a robust peer review process for high quality, international journals. It explores some of the identifying characteristics of such journals, whilst also providing insights into peer review practices worldwide using a series of reports from Publons, the world’s largest peer review platform. The issue of predatory journals – including how to identify them – will also be addressed.


The following topics will be covered:
  • An introduction to Publons
  • Publons and predatory journals
  • What do we mean by ‘an international, high quality journal’?
  • What have we learnt about peer review?
  • The Global State of Peer Review Series: Publication Peer Review study & Grant Peer Review study
  • AVES success story. AVES, an Istanbul-based independent publisher of academic journals will share how their editors and reviewers are benefiting from Publons

Publons useful links:
Home page/ More info: https://publons.com/about/home