Academy course
Peer review training for new reviewers
Write reviews that are rigorous, specific and usable — the standard SciExpert reviewers work to.
Intermediate · 3 weeksPhD students, postdocs and new reviewers joining the SciExpert directory.Intermediate · 3 weeksIncluded with your planSciExpert Academy faculty
What this is
Practise on real manuscripts with structured rubrics and calibration against experienced reviewers. Completing this course strengthens a reviewer application on the marketplace.
What you will be able to do
- • Assess methods, statistics and reporting systematically
- • Write comments authors can act on
- • Judge severity and make a defensible recommendation
- • Handle confidentiality, COI and AI-use concerns
Workspace services used
Every module is practised inside services you already have in your account.
Start in workspace — AI Peer ReviewSyllabus
1. The reviewer's job
What editors need, confidentiality, conflicts, timelines.
2. Critique
Design, statistics, reporting checklists, reproducibility.
3. The report
Structure, tone, major vs minor, recommendation calibration.
Join the next intake
Cohorts open on a rolling basis and places are limited so feedback stays personal. Create an account to reserve a place, or write to us with your topic and timeline.