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Hello all,
I would like the Biomech-L community to provide guidance on a question relating to mentorship, scientific reviewing, and professional ethics. Students, postdocs, and employees are sometimes asked to review papers that have been assigned to their advisers, often without attribution.
Your input is appreciated on the following questions:
For students and postdoctoral fellows:
(1) Have you been asked to review a paper for your adviser?
(2) If so, did s/he notify the editor of the journal?
(3) Did you feel that you had the right to turn down the "offer", or that it would affect your adviser's opinion or job appraisal of you?
(4) Would you list the journal on your CV as one for which you have reviewed manuscripts?
For mentors:
(1) Do you think it is ethical to ask students, postdocs, or employees to review papers for you?
(2) If you do this, do you notify the editor?
For editors:
(1) Does your journal have a policy on the practice of mentors passing along papers to be reviewed by students, postdocs, or employees?
(2) What is your personal opinion of the ethics of this practice?
(3) If a reviewer told you that her/his student had contributed wholly or in part to a review, would you consider the student for future review assignments?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts and opinions on this issue!
"Anne"
I would like the Biomech-L community to provide guidance on a question relating to mentorship, scientific reviewing, and professional ethics. Students, postdocs, and employees are sometimes asked to review papers that have been assigned to their advisers, often without attribution.
Your input is appreciated on the following questions:
For students and postdoctoral fellows:
(1) Have you been asked to review a paper for your adviser?
(2) If so, did s/he notify the editor of the journal?
(3) Did you feel that you had the right to turn down the "offer", or that it would affect your adviser's opinion or job appraisal of you?
(4) Would you list the journal on your CV as one for which you have reviewed manuscripts?
For mentors:
(1) Do you think it is ethical to ask students, postdocs, or employees to review papers for you?
(2) If you do this, do you notify the editor?
For editors:
(1) Does your journal have a policy on the practice of mentors passing along papers to be reviewed by students, postdocs, or employees?
(2) What is your personal opinion of the ethics of this practice?
(3) If a reviewer told you that her/his student had contributed wholly or in part to a review, would you consider the student for future review assignments?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts and opinions on this issue!
"Anne"