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How I review papers – Lightly Filtered

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Pernille Bjørn is spearheading a mentoring program for new reviewers as part of CSCW 2015, which I think is awesome. I am mentoring a couple of students, and I figured as long as I was talking to them about how I approach reviews I would share it with others as well [0]. The first question is how close to the deadline to do the review [1]. A lot of people do them near the deadline, partly because academics are somewhat deadline-driven. Also, in processes where there is some kind of discussion among reviewers or a response/rebuttal/revision from the authors, the less time that’s passed between your review and the subsequent action, the more context you will have. However, I tend to do them as early as practicable given my schedule. I don’t like having outstanding tasks, and although PC members know that many reviews are last minute, it is still nervous-making [2]. I also don’t mind taking a second look at the paper weeks or even months later, in case my take on the paper has changed in

Pernille Bjørn is spearheading a mentoring program for new reviewers as part of CSCW 2015, which I think is awesome. I am mentoring a couple of students, and I figured as long as I was talking to them about how I approach reviews I would share it with others as well [0]. The first question is how close to the deadline to do the review [1]. A lot of people do them near the deadline, partly because academics are somewhat deadline-driven. Also, in processes where there is some kind of discussion among reviewers or a response/rebuttal/revision from the authors, the less time that’s passed be

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