Dr Clarissa Giebel - Running a Journal Club and how to be Reviewer 2 in a safe environment

Dr Clarissa Giebel narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher. Is your inbox getting regular email requests to peer review a paper in your field? Has it increased since the pandemic? It certainly has for Clarissa. Peer reviewing manuscripts is a key part of our work, and when reviews don't happen authors may wait around for longer to get their decision. But what about peer reviewing a paper when it’s already published? Also known as the good old Journal Club... In this blog Clarissa discusses her experiences of starting a journal club, what it involves and provides tips for anyone who may be attending their first, making the case that its great prep for going on to peer review pre-publication. Find the original text, and narration here on our website. https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/guest-blog-running-a-journal-club-and-how-to-be-reviewer-2-in-a-safe-environment/ -- Dr Clarissa Giebel is a Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool and NIHR ARC North West Coast. Clarissa has been working in dementia care research for over 10 years focusing her research on helping people with dementia to live at home independently and well for longer, addressing inequalities that people with dementia and carers can face. Outside of her day work, Clarissa has also organised a local dementia network - the Liverpool Dementia & Ageing Research Forum, and has recently started her own podcast called the Ageing Scientist. -- If you would like to write your own blog drop us a line, we're always on the look out for new contributors to write about their research, careers + more [email protected]