How to Peer Review (Graduate Student Research Series)

Description: Peer review is an essential part of academic writing and publishing. Learn about how to complete a peer review, why peer review is important, and ethical dimensions of peer review. We'll run through some examples of providing peer review, with lots of time for any questions.

In this session, I'll cover:

1) Overview of Peer Review

2) Where to Peer Review

3) How To Peer Review in 3 Steps

This is an introductory session and geared towards graduate students and those new to academia, but all are welcome to join.

Learning objectives: In this workshop participants will:

Summarize the importance of peer review.
Identify positive aspects, challenges, and ethical dimensions in peer review.
Complete your own peer review.

Presenter(s): Justin Fuhr, Sciences Librarian

About this workshop series: This workshop is part of the Graduate Student Research Series. Register for all six workshops to receive credit on your Experience Record (Co-Curricular Record). Register for the workshops and learn more about the Graduate Student Research Series here.

Date:: Thursday, February 12, 2026
Time:: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Online:: This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
Audience:: Alumni Faculty, Instructors, or Researchers General Public Graduate Students Undergraduate Students
Categories:: FGPS GradSteps Workshops from the Libraries Graduate Student Research Series Library Workshops