Writing Constructive Peer Review Reports
In this post, we explain what you can gain from providing peer reviews and tips on how to write constructive reports.
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Navigating the Peer Review Process as an Author: 10 Steps to Converting Your “Revise & Resubmit” into an Acceptance
In this second post of our three-part series on navigating the peer review process, we provide a 10-step process to convert your “revise & resubmit” into an acceptance. At long last – after (im)patiently waiting for a determination on your manuscript submission, you receive an Outlook notification from the editorial office! You excitedly click open the email message, anticipating the
Read moreDemystifying the Peer Review Process
In this three-part series, we will demystify the peer review process, provide tips on how to increase your chances of success following a “revise and resubmit,” and explain how to prepare a constructive peer report. The peer review process is a universal source of anxiety and frustration for all scholars, from students to tenured professors. Conflicting reviews, reviewers who seem
Read moreDiversifying the Field of Science
This new series will highlight training and mentoring programs designed to expand opportunities for underrepresented students interested in careers in science.
Read moreA Call for Humility and Transparency on #AcademicTwitter
There are no words to describe the feeling of worthlessness that accompanies hearing about your peers’ awards, accolades, accomplishments, and achievements when you feel you have none of your own. Working as a scientist in academia can be challenging work. Scientific discovery is difficult without adding the various administrative tasks, teaching responsibilities, and miscellaneous assignments that comprise the whole of
Read moreA Few Tips on Avoiding Burnout in Academic Public Health
The Scholarship of Public Health addresses topics relevant to scientific publishing, dissemination of evidence and best practices, and the education of current and future professionals. This column presents some considerations and best practices for finding time to produce scholarship in the form of a manuscript or presentation. Burnout can affect anyone but can be more common in women and is
Read moreWhat Does a Manuscript Rejection Really Mean? (Probably Not What You Think)
by Justin B. Moore, PhD, MS, FACSM As I’ve mentioned previously, science is a failure business. Whether it’s a manuscript, a job search, or a grant application, the odds are that you’ll experience one or more rejections on the way to success. But what does rejection mean in this context? Does it mean you’re a bad writer, a bad candidate,
Read moreUnderstanding the Current Policy Challenges around Hospital Community Benefit Accountability
Community benefit reporting is intended to promote nonprofit hospital accountability, but current policies reduce transparency.
Read moreFurther Insight from CSTE’s 2021 Epidemiology Capacity Assessment (ECA): Accelerating Applied Epidemiology to Advance Public Health Infrastructure
CSTE is leading national efforts to recruit and retain the applied epidemiology workforce. An additional 8000 epidemiologists with specialized skills and expertise are needed at state, territorial, local and tribal health agencies to adequately conduct epidemiology activities.
Read moreImproving Public Health by Utilizing a Systems Change Lens
JPHMP Editor-in-chief Lloyd Novick speaks with Kristina Y. Risley and Christina R. Welter about best practices for enacting change at different levels while describing the factors, processes, skills, and tools required for leading complex change. We live in an increasingly complex world. Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, deepening racial, health, and social inequities have only accentuated this complexity. More
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