IDSA Journal Reviewer
The IDSA journals are seeking additional volunteers to assist with the peer review of submissions to Clinical Infectious Diseases, the Journal of Infectious Diseases, and Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Journal reviewers are invited to review papers appropriate to their expertise and can accept or decline individual invitations to review based on their availability.
Did you know: The IDSA journals have a Reviewer Recognition and Reward Program, which provides consistent, year-round recognition for our peer reviewers as well as tangible benefits for our most dedicated reviewers. All reviewers who complete at least three reviews of appropriate quality and timeliness for one IDSA journal in a calendar year receive their choice of either free page charges in CID or JID, or a 20% discount on open access fees in any IDSA journal. Learn more about the Reviewer Recognition and Reward Program.
The journal editors have identified several areas as priority needs and especially welcome the expertise of volunteer reviewers in the following areas:
· Basic science
· Translational science
· Statistical and methodological expertise including:
· AI/machine learning
· Disease modeling
· Informatics
· Metagenomic sequencing
· Randomized clinical trials for diagnostics
· Observational studies
· Topical expertise including:
· AI/machine learning
· COVID
· Diagnostic microbiology
· Hepatitis
· Herpesviruses
· HIV, and more specifically PK/modeling within HIV
· Molecular epidemiology
· Mycobacterial disease
· Pediatric infectious diseases, and more specifically pediatric HIV and pediatric global health
· Pharmacoeconomics
· Sexually transmitted infections
· Stewardship
· Vaccines and vaccine trials
· Viral hepatitis
· Virology
Purpose
IDSA journal reviewers help ensure the quality and rigor of papers published in the IDSA journals.
Responsibility
IDSA journal reviewers evaluate individual submissions to the IDSA journals and provide comments to assist authors in improving their papers and editors in evaluating each paper’s appropriateness for the IDSA journals. For CID, you may be invited to review supplement articles which are a group of articles on the same topic.
Qualifications
Any IDSA member is welcome to volunteer as a reviewer for the journals in their area of expertise.
Composition
Individual review invitations are sent based on how well the content of a paper matches an individual reviewer’s areas of expertise.
Estimated Time Commitment
- Journal reviewers are invited to review papers appropriate to their expertise throughout the year, as those papers are submitted to the journals. We expect each review to take 2-3 hours of time.
- Reviewers may accept or decline individual review invitations based on their availability.
Method of Appointment
Reviewers sign up by logging in to the journals’ online submission and review system and entering their contact information and 5-7 classification terms describing their expertise.
Each journal has a separate database of reviewers, so individuals interested in volunteering with more than one IDSA journal should add their contact information to each journal’s online submission site:
- Clinical Infectious Diseases: https://www.editorialmanager.com/cid/default.aspx
- Journal of Infectious Diseases: https://www.editorialmanager.com/jid/default.aspx
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases: https://www.editorialmanager.com/ofid/default.aspx
Term of Office
Reviewers are welcome to volunteer with the IDSA journals as long as they wish.
Accountability
Journal reviewers’ work is overseen by the IDSA journal editors.
Staff Liaison
Managing editors of Clinical Infectious Diseases, the Journal of Infectious Diseases, and Open Forum Infectious Diseases.