Above, I've embedded my latest credential in peer review, which gives you the IOP's webpage itself, within this blog post. You can click in the IOP embedded webpage to see both my certificate and my graduate badge, which look like this:
To be able to graduate this rigorous professional development training course and attain this certificate, I had to complete 7 modules and do related learning activities, which also included passing several compulsory, demanding assessment tests, with a pass rate of a minimum of 70% to complete the course, which I did comfortably, gaining 100% in 2/3rd of my final test scores, and 89% in the other assessment test.
Modules covered:
1) Peer Review Excellence
This module covered the what constitutes good practice and professional standards.
2) Peer Review Fundamentals: Learning
This module covered: the history of peer review; models of peer review; how editors choose reviewers.
3) Peer Review Fundamentals: Assessment
4) Writing an Excellent Review: Learning
This module covered: when to accept a review invitation; the different types of articles you may be asked to review; how to write your review including how to structure and word the peer review report as well as how to convey your points constructively.
5) Writing an Excellent Review: Assessment
6) Peer Review Ethics: Learning
This module includes learning about types of misconduct; how to spot research misconduct and how to handle the situation when it arises, ranging from mild to severe cases; generative AI.
7) Peer Review Ethics: Assessment
Although this is called 'the first stage', it's actually the only stage in terms of the training and education in peer review. Stage two is just volunteering and doing the job, so that the next certificate is on the job. However, the IOP is heavily and exclusively orientated around academic scientific journals, so peer reviewing with them is not entirely relevant to me as a Philosopher. Hence, I didn't need to immediately set up a peer reviewer account with them, although I was invited to do so.
I am, nevertheless, available as a peer reviewer in Philosophy. I already have experience in commenting on and reviewing several male Philosophy Professors' drafts papers since graduating 12 years ago. Now, thanks to this training course, I can also provide a full, professional peer review report on request.
I can be messaged via my Academia.edu site, available here and will consider all genuine requests.
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