[Sextonlabmeeting] Reminder; meeting today! Re: Reviewing Papers Exercise and Strategic Plans: Tuesday, January 23rd, 1:30-3 pm; COB1 322 (Willow Room)

[Jason Sexton]

Hi Everyone,

We'll be chatting about reviewing this paper today as well as how to set up
a strategic plan, aka semester plan, and a template for that is attached.

Best,

Jay

On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 7:44 PM, Jason Sexton <jsexton2 at ucmerced.edu> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> We will be reviewing the attached manuscript as a group next Tuesday
> (first half hour to 45 minutes).  Please keep this manuscript confidential,
> and do not distribute it, and if you notice a conflict of interest with one
> of the authors notify me immediately. Come ready to discuss the merits and
> any perceived problems with this manuscript. Below are guidelines from the
> journal Heredity to which it has been submitted:
>
> "Reviewers are kindly requested to assess whether the science is of
> sufficient quality for publication in Heredity. The following broad
> guidelines may be helpful:
> *Please identify scientific problems with the paper and how the author
> could address them.
> *Please identify passages in the paper that require redrafting because the
> scientific message is lost or incorrect.
> *On the other hand, if the English requires extensive attention please
> mention this in your review but do not spend time correcting it. The
> authors can be asked to seek advice, and in severe cases Heredity can
> access language-editing services.
> *Please pay particular attention to figures, tables and their legends
> where errors and poor presentation often occur.
> *You are not asked to check the references - the production staff will do
> this automatically.
>
> In particular the review form will rapidly allow you to provide feedback
> in the following areas:
>
> Merit
> Originality
> Interest
> Clear text, images, tables and summary
> Recommendation
> Remarks to the Editor
> Remarks to the Author"
>
>
> Also, we will be discussing strategic plans (AKA semester plans) and how
> to make them at our next meeting
>



-- 
Jason Sexton
Assistant Professor
Life and Environmental Sciences
School of Natural Sciences
University of California, Merced
231 Science and Engineering Building 1
jsexton2 at ucmerced.edu
(209) 228-2426
http://sextonlab.ucmerced.edu/
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