When Ulises Perez skimmed through the reviewer comments he had received on his rejected application for the US National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), he was taken ...

Is your area up for outside evaluation? In higher education, we typically know these as external reviews. And they frequently elicit strong feelings. Are you excited? Panicked? Irritated? Exhausted?

“Greetings! You’ve been added to our journal’s editorial system because we believe you would serve as an excellent reviewer of [Unexciting Title] manuscript …” You probably get these, too. It feels ...

How do editors select reviewers? A number of factors determine our choice of reviewers. Of primary importance is the reviewer’s expertise, as it is essential that we receive expert feedback on all ...