Sustaining Through Training: Preparing the Next Generation of Editors and Peer Reviewers

MODERATORS: Kristin Inman Environmental Health Perspectives National Institutes of Health Ginny Herbert AIP Publishing SPEAKERS: Ann Tennier Managing Editor Academic Psychiatry Barbara Gastel Texas A&M University Kristin Inman REPORTER: Deanna E Conners Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center The conference hall was packed for the "Sustaining Through Training: Preparing the Next Generation of Editors and Peer Reviewers" session at the 2024 Council of Science Editors (CSE) Annual Meeting, in which the speakers—Ann Tennier, Barbara Gastel, and Kristin Inman—shared valuable information about their experiences with the training of manuscript editors and peer reviewers in diverse settings, including academia and editorial offices at scientific journals (Figure). Following the presentations, the audience broke out into smaller groups to discuss what is being done at other institutions and lessons learned. Experiences were shared with the intent of inspiring new ideas and plans for training the next generation of scholarly publication professionals. Experiences at a Society Journal Ann Tennier, Managing Editor at Academic Psychiatry, kicked things off with an overview of the ways in which their journal recruits and supports peer reviewers. Upfront, the editors engage in outreach around why peer review is important through editorials such as "On the art and science of peer review," which highlights how beyond contributing to the scientific community, serving as a reviewer will help you become a better writer and stay current in the literature.1 All great reasons to dive in if you are new to the peer review process. Next, in invitation letters to peer reviewers, they …