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Paper Reviewing

Roger ClarkeXamax Consultancy Pty Ltd, Canberra

Visiting Professor, Uni. of Hong Kong, U.N.S.W., A.N.U.

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Outstanding Paper Award Presentation19th Bled eCommerce Conference

June 2006, Bled, Slovenia

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Paper Reviewing

Why do we do this? As an Act of Q.A.• Academic Quality – Rigour• Real World Quality – Relevance• Presentation Quality – Accessibility• Contribution Quality – Ambition

Who We Do This For?• Readers (via the Program

Chair/Editor)• The Author(s)• The Community, including ourselves

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Good Reviewers Make For More Outstanding Papers

Indicators of Quality in a Review• Demonstrated understanding of the paper• Positive features, identified briefly• Critique, Expressed Constructively• Value-Add (collaboration not competition)

What Not To Do• Fail to declare lack of expertise, or conflict• Take premature advantage of content• Be emotive, aggressive, sarcastic,

demeaning• Be vague about the paper’s weaknesses• Criticise without 'Actionable Advice’