"Ask an Editor" with Amy East (Bonus short)

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Dr. Amy East about the peer review process in river science.

The peer review process can feel like hazing to a new (or not-so-new) river scientist. Many excellent practitioners are learning from their rivers every day, but it can feel like if it doesn't get into peer review, it doesn't "count." So we separated this short segment from my conversation with Dr. Amy East, the Editor-in-Chief of AGU's Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface (and >10 years experience editing high impact journals) to provide a little primmer on how to ...

People in this episode

Host: Stanford Gibson

Guest: Amy East

Topics covered

• peer review
• river science
• editing
• geophysical research
• academic publishing

Keywords

• peer review
• river scientist
• academic journals
• geophysical research
• editing process

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AGU's Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

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