Winners announced for ECR Reviewer Prize: Journal of Applied Ecology

Following the successful launch of our Early Career Researcher Reviewer Prize last year, we are thrilled to introduce you to this year’s winners! Read on to find out about their research interests and plans for using the prize money. We’ve also caught up with last year’s winners, too! In a nutshell The prize was created to provide ECRs with more opportunities for review experience, with … Continue reading Winners announced for ECR Reviewer Prize: Journal of Applied Ecology

Measuring real-world impact: Journal of Applied Ecology

Journal of Applied Ecology has been a mission oriented journal since we launched in 1964. Sixty years on, we’re celebrating the impact we’ve had and looking to the future. In our recently published Editorial, we explore what it means to be a journal with real-world impact. Throughout our sixty years, we have been cited 2880 times in online policy documents, the highest of any British … Continue reading Measuring real-world impact: Journal of Applied Ecology

Early Career Researcher Reviewer Prize: Journal of Applied Ecology

As part of our celebration of Peer Review Week 2024, Journal of Applied Ecology is reflecting on the launch of the Early Career Researcher Reviewer Prize. How did the idea come about? The act of peer review (academic work being evaluated by others in the same field) is crucial to the research process. It is integral in helping to ensure diligence, determine originality, and improve … Continue reading Early Career Researcher Reviewer Prize: Journal of Applied Ecology

Switching to double-anonymous peer review: Journal of Applied Ecology

***Update: Journal of Applied Ecology has now transitioned to double-anonymous peer review. As such, all manuscripts should be submitted according to our updated Author Guidelines*** Journal of Applied Ecology will soon be switching to double-anonymous peer review. Read more about the reasons behind this transition below. The peer review process in a nutshell The peer review process aims to evaluate and validify research before it … Continue reading Switching to double-anonymous peer review: Journal of Applied Ecology

Quality in peer review: tools and resources

From selecting your preferred reviewers to providing the most useful and fair feedback to other authors, peer review can be both challenging and rewarding. In line with Peer Review Week 2019’s theme of quality in peer review, we have curated this selection of tools, tips and articles to help hone your peer review skills and gain clearer insight into what the process involves.  There’s plenty … Continue reading Quality in peer review: tools and resources

Peer Review Week: Supporting our Editors and Reviewers

As part of Peer Review Week 2017, and the topic of transparency in peer review, we take a look at some of the ways in which the British Ecological Society publications team aims to make the peer review process a little clearer for our Editors and Reviewers. Supporting Editors Joining an editorial board for the first time can mean seeing the peer review process from … Continue reading Peer Review Week: Supporting our Editors and Reviewers