Cheryl E. Ball
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Cheryl E. Ball
@cherylball.bsky.social
Digital nomad, executive director, publishing consultant, writer, carpentry newbie, and queer commune dreamer.
In our final post for #peerreviewweek, Doug Eyman and I treat you to some juicy goodness about partially and fully open and collaborative forms of peer review! This is how @kairosrtp.bsky.social has done it for THIRTY YEARS. Check it out! #openreview digital-scholarship.ghost.io/open-peer-re...
Open Peer Review Models: Partial, Full, and Collaborative Reviewing
In our final installment for Peer Review Week, we describe partially, fully, and collaborative peer review models, including a look at how Kairos uses ALL of these.
digital-scholarship.ghost.io
September 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's Peer Review Week, so what better time than to get on my soapbox about OPEN peer review?? @kairosdoug.bsky.social and I have a series of posts, with the first one out today—a brief introduction to open peer review models: digital-scholarship.ghost.io/open-peer-re...
Open Peer Review Models
Today's Peer Review Week post is a brief introduction to open peer review, the value it holds for academia, and a call to participate in a survey about humanities journal peer review.
digital-scholarship.ghost.io
September 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reposted by Cheryl E. Ball
📣 #PeerReviewWeek kicks off today!

And what better time to share that CELJ will soon launch the @mellon.org -funded survey examining peer review in humanities & HSS journal publishing.

The survey will go live in October—after being peer reviewed, of course.

📝 Sign up for updates below
Mellon Survey — Council of Editors of Learned Journals
www.celj.org
September 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Reposted by Cheryl E. Ball
@standupforscience.bsky.social

Pass it on and be there (or help organize! Or keep calling Congress. No effort is too small) More info here: www.standupforscience2025.org
#Standupforscience2025 #Science #WomeninSTEM #AcademicChatter #YallStillMasking #SaltingTheVibe #LGBTQIAinSTEM #STEM
February 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
If you value having access to healthcare at all, it was made possible by research currently being censored by the US government. Sign this Declaration to Defend Research and pass long! @celj.bsky.social @kairosdoug.bsky.social @kairosrtp.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Do you have things to say and/or questions you want asked about peer review in the humanities? Contribute questions or topics (rough or ready) to CELJ's form as they prepare a wide-scale survey on peer review in humanities journal publishing that includes a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion!
CELJ is conducting a survey on peer review in humanities publishing, focusing on #DEI principles.

We’re inviting editors, authors, publishers, and reviewers to share ideas—specific questions or broader topics like peer review types, editorial labor, and more—by Feb 1, 2025.

Fill out the form ⬇️
Re-Imagining Peer Review
CELJ is working on a large-scale survey of peer review in humanities journal publishing, especially as it intersects with principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The project team is soliciting...
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January 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM