All,
We are happy to announce that a revised version of the CELJ Mellon-grant survey, "Re-imagining Peer Review" is ready for your responses! (If you took the previous one, you do NOT need to take this one again - it's the same survey, with more safeguards built in to prevent scammers this time around.
Here are the details, and while we encourage you to share it with your academic networks and colleagues (including those in the humanities outside of languages and literatures), please do not share the survey link openly on social media (again, to avoid the scamalot problem we had last time).
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The Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ; celj.org) is conducting a survey on journal-based peer review in the humanities and humanistically oriented social sciences (HSS). This survey, funded by the Mellon Foundation, is meant to establish a better understanding of how H/HSS journal publishing stakeholders view different peer-review models and methods and to gauge their experiences with anti-racism, diversity, and inclusion efforts in peer-review processes. This information will be made public in a report based on the data set and used to inform a series of workshops to follow.
Participants can take the survey from whichever role they most identify with-author, reviewer, editor, or publisher. The surveys differ for each role. Respondents in the US who complete the survey will be compensated with a $50 gift certificate to Bookshop.org. Respondents outside the US will receive an equivalent gift certificate.
To participate in the survey, go to https://bit.ly/celj-peer-review. Click or tap if you trust this link." data-linkindex="0" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener">https://bit.ly/celj-peer-review.
If you have questions or would like more information about the survey, please visit the survey website at https://www.celj.org/mellon-project. Click or tap if you trust this link." data-linkindex="1" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener">https://www.celj.org/mellon-project or email the project director, Cheryl E. Ball, at celj.editors@gmail.com.
Thank you for your participation!
Angel
Angel Peterson, CPACC, (she, her, hers)
Production Specialist & Accessibility Coordinator
Open Publishing
Research Informatics and Publishing
University Libraries
Penn State University
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Angel Peterson
Production Specialist and Accessibility Coordinator
Library Publishing Coalition
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Original Message:
Sent: Tue November 18, 2025 09:24 AM
From: Angel Peterson
Subject: CELJ survey on journal-based peer review in the humanities and humanistically oriented social sciences (HSS)
The Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ; celj.org) is conducting a survey on journal-based peer review in the humanities and humanistically oriented social sciences (HSS). This survey, funded by the Mellon Foundation, is meant to establish a better understanding of how H/HSS journal publishing stakeholders view different peer-review models and methods and to gauge their experiences with anti-racism, diversity, and inclusion efforts in peer-review processes. This information will be made public in a report based on the data set and used to inform a series of workshops to follow.
Participants can take the survey from whichever role they most identify with-author, reviewer, editor, or publisher. The surveys differ for each role. Respondents in the US who complete the survey will be compensated with a $50 gift certificate to Bookshop.org. Respondents outside the US will receive an equivalent gift certificate.
To participate in the survey, go to https://surveymonkey.com/r/celj-peer-review-survey.
If you have questions or would like more information about the survey, please visit the survey info website at https://www.celj.org/peer-review-survey or email the project director, Cheryl E. Ball, at celj.editors@gmail.com.
Thank you for your participation!
Sincerely,
Angel Peterson, CPACC, (she, her, hers)
Production Specialist & Accessibility Coordinator
Open Publishing
Research Informatics and Publishing
University Libraries
Penn State University
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Angel Peterson
Production Specialist and Accessibility Coordinator
Library Publishing Coalition
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