The Future of Peer Review: an Interview with Dr. Leonard Jack, Jr.

The Future of Peer Review: an Interview with Dr. Leonard Jack, Jr.

First in a series of video interviews with scholarly journal editors

For Peer Review Week, KGL recently interviewed five scholarly journal editors and publishing professionals on the state of peer review in 2023. In this video, KGL Editorial's Amy King interviews Dr. Leonard Jack, Jr., Editor-in-Chief, Preventing Chronic Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Distinguished Research Consultant, on diversifying the editorial board, training, mentoring, and incentivizing reviewers, and the future of peer review. Watch the full interview below.

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Knowledge Sharing: KGL's Kelly Lake Offers Learning Insights for Scholarly Publishers

Knowledge Sharing: KGL's Kelly Lake Offers Learning Insights for Scholarly Publishers

As the research community evolves beyond mere PDFs of journal articles and book chapters, and publishers increasingly use their digital platforms to meet the demand for new, more engaging types of content, one area that shows strong potential is delivery of learning services. Whether it’s professional development courses for practitioners, continuing education credits, or Learning Management System (LMS) integration, publishers can now offer this content in interactive formats to their users. And publishers themselves may want to up their game when it comes to training their own workforce on issues of compliance, technology, and performance. To better help our industry understand the current landscape for eLearning strategy and solutions, I asked the head of KnowledgeWorks Global Learning, Kelly Lake, to explain the methodology, technology applications, and benefits of the L&D solutions her group provides to organizations of all types.

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