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SUMMARY:Peer Review and Citation Analysis in Physical Review Letters: An E
 ditor's Perspective - Manolis Antonoyiannakis\, Assistant Editor Physical 
 Review Letters
DTSTART:20080121T111500Z
DTEND:20080121T121500Z
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CONTACT:Michael Sutherland
DESCRIPTION:In 2007\, Physical Review Letters received more than 11\,000 n
 ew submissions. These were handled by 22 editors\, who returned 2500 manus
 cripts to authors without external review\, and sent the remaining 8\,500 
 to two or three of the 53\,000 APS referees for their critical input. Appr
 oximately 3\,500 manuscripts will be eventually accepted\, and\, out of th
 ese\, 200 will be selected by the PRL editors as "Suggestions":\nLetters t
 hat are deemed particularly interesting or well written to warrant further
  attention from the readers.\n\nPeer review\, which remains the central de
 cision-making tool for the publication of scientific papers\, has evolved 
 into a complex network of "agents" (authors\, referees\, and editors). And
  while each manuscript is unique and special in its own right\, there are 
 "large-scale" patterns that emerge when one looks at the big picture.\n\nU
 nderstanding what these patterns are and how they form is interesting from
  an academic point of view\, but can also practically affect your own manu
 script (or your response to an editorial decision!) next time.\n\nSome per
 tinent questions will be discussed:\n\n- How are referees chosen\, and wha
 t is expected of them? Referee statistics patterns.\n \n- What are the cha
 llenges an editor faces? What are the operating constraints?\n\n- How can 
 authors contribute towards a timely and hopefully) accurate review process
  of their papers?\n\n- Are there cultural\, ethnic\, geographical\, or oth
 er types of bias in the review process? Can we tell?\n\n- What patterns fo
 rm in the citation profile of PRL? Are there any universal patterns across
  all journals?\n\n- Can we measure the full impact of a journal? How? Can 
 we rank journals based on such a metric?\n
LOCATION:Small Lecture Theatre\, Cavendish Laboratory
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