Peer review - ARC Discovery Program Fellowships grants

I have just had the pleasure to read Discovery Program Fellowships grant applications and submit my reviews. What excellent research is being proposed.

Reviews for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention are complete

 I am on the Speech Sound Disorders in Children Committee for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention. Today I completed all of my reviews of the abstracts submitted for consideration to be presented at the conference in November.

Manuscript revisions after peer review

Journal articles undergo rounds of peer review before publication (or rejection). Prof Linda Harrison and I spent time revising an important manuscript this weekend while Linda was visiting Bathurst. We appreciate the time and thoughtfulness of the editor and reviewers. The message in our article is important for understanding outcomes of children with speech, language and communication need.

ECV2024 Scientific Review Committee

The work of the ECV2024 Scientific Review Committee is done. We have reviewed the abstracts, (accepted/rejected/recommended changes), reviewed the submitted video presentations (accepted/recommended changes), created the ECV2024 Conference Proceedings book. Our work is done. Over to the Organising Committee for the next steps. Thanks to Dr Suzanne Hopf and Dr Leanne Gibbs for chairing the  ECV2024 Scientific Review Committee.

Suzanne Hopf, Sharynne McLeod, Leanne Gibbs

 

Invitation - ASHA Speech Sound Disorders in Children Topic Committee

I have been invited to be part of the 2025 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention Planning Committee as a member of the Speech Sound Disorders in Children Topic Committee by Dr. Carol Koch and Dr. Amy Graham. The 2025 ASHA Convention will be held in Washington, DC. 

Here is what they wrote:

The ASHA Convention is the largest continuing education experience each year attended by over 15,000 clinicians, researchers, students, and related professionals. We are extending an invitation to you to be part of the 2025 ASHA Convention Planning Committee as a member of the Speech Sound Disorders in Children Topic Committee.  
 
Agreeing to serve in this volunteer role means that you will participate in the peer-review process for convention submissions from April 24th to May 13th, 2025. As part of this process, you will review and score approximately 10-12 narrative submissions for oral seminars, technical sessions, and poster presentations. Your review will help determine the inclusion of each submission in the 2025 ASHA Convention Program... This topic committee will also provide input on invited presentations/topics...

I have accepted their invitation. It is an honour to serve ASHA in this way. I have had the pleasure of serving on committees such as these since 2003.

ECV2024 - Abstract submission closed

Abstract submission has closed for the ECV2024 conference. We have had 74 abstracts submitted from 23 countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Fiji, Hong Kong (SAR China), Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, United Kingdom, USA, Uzbekistan. 

We have another 50+ abstracts for our multilingual children's speech stream. We hope to have a diverse range of quality papers presented at the conference in November.

Dr Carolyn Gregoric (ECV2024 conference secretary) closing off abstract submission

The chairs of the ECV2024 Scientific Review Committee met and have allocated the papers for review.

ECV2024 Scientific Review Committee Chairs:
Dr Suzanne Hopf, Prof Sharynne McLeod, Dr Leanne Gibbs

We have 427 registrations for ECV2024 and the quality and range of papers look amazing.

Peer review for 32nd World Congress of the IALP 2023

I have just reviewed nine abstracts for the 32nd World Congress of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP) to be held in Auckland, New Zealand in August 2023. There were some really good abstracts - I look forward to attending these papers in a few months' time.

United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Peer Reviewer

I have been invited to be a Peer Reviewer for the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) to review "Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children Age 5 Years or Younger". I frequently have used and quoted earlier versions of this document: https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-update-summary/speech-language-delay-disorders-children-age-5-years-younger-screening

Here is the description of the role: 

The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is an independent, volunteer panel of national experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) provides ongoing scientific, administrative, and dissemination support to the USPSTF. As part of this support, an AHRQ funded Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) produces evidence reports for use by the USPSTF. These evidence reports synthesize the evidence on a variety of health topics from studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. The USPSTF uses the findings from the EPC evidence report to weigh the potential benefits and harms of the preventive service. The primary role of the Peer Reviewer is to provide unbiased input on the draft evidence report to help ensure an accurate and relevant report that will be widely used by policymakers, insurers, health systems, clinicians, and the public. Consistent with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) (formerly the Institute of Medicine (IOM)) recommendations on Standards for Systematic Reviews (1) to protect the independence of authors, Peer Reviewers do not provide analysis or contribute to the writing of the report. Once finalized, the evidence report may acknowledge by name the input and contributions of Peer Reviewers.

Scope of the review: https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/speech-language-delay-disorders-children-age-5-years-younger-screening

Reviewing abstracts for the 2023 Speech Pathology Australia Conference

Tonight I have been reviewing abstracts for the 2023 Speech Pathology Australia Conference. It is exciting to see research before everyone else does.

Peer reviewing for journals

I try to review as many papers as I can for journals - especially in journals where I submit my own work. While Publons records most of my reviews: https://publons.com/ I was pleased to receive this certificate from IJLCD for my 2021 reviews.

 

Peer reviewing

Contributing to the peer review process is important. I am frequently asked to undertake peer reviews and say yes as often as I can - and when I have appropriate expertise. This week I have completed peer reviews for the 2022 Speech Pathology Australia National Conference and will finalise reviews for the following journals: Journal of Communication Disorders and Speech, Language and Hearing.

Speech Pathology Australia 2021 conference peer review

 I have just finished reviewing for the Speech Pathology Australia 2021 conference. There were some excellent abstracts - I would love to attend a number of the papers I reviewed.

Peer review

 Over the past few years I have reviewed for the following journals (some of them numerous times): 

• Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics 
• Developmental Neurorehabilitation 
• Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica 
• International Journal of Early Childhood 
• International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 
• Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 
• Language and Speech 
• Language Learning and Development 
• Speech Communication 
• Speech, Language and Hearing 
• The Heritage Language Journal

When I am not available I always try to recommend someone else who may be in a position to review the manuscript.

 I conduct peer reviews, because like my colleague Sarah Verdon (see tweets below), I believe that reviewers strengthen our work. They have lots of insights that our team have not thought of - and we appreciate thoughtful reviews.