"Ask an Editor" with Amy East (Bonus short)

The peer review process can feel like hazing to a new (or not-so-new) river scientist.  Many excellent practitioners are learning from their rivers every day, but it can feel like if it doesn't get into peer review, it doesn't "count."   So we separated this short segment from my conversation with Dr. Amy East, the Editor-in-Chief of AGU's Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface (and >10 years experience editing high impact journals) to provide a little primmer on how to negotiate the peer review process.  Amy has some really helpful thoughts on how to move from a "Report on a River" to a "Scientific Contribution" that will land well in a journal. ...and look for the first episode of Season 4 in a few weeks. This series was funded by the Regional Sediment Management (RSM) program. Mike Loretto edited the first three seasons and created the theme music. Tessa Hall is editing most of Season 4. Stanford Gibson (HEC Sediment Specialist) hosts. Video shorts and other bonus content are available at the podcast website: https://www.hec.usace.army.mil/confluence/rasdocs/rastraining/latest/the-rsm-river-mechanics-podcast ...but most of the supplementary videos are available on the HEC Sediment YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/stanfordgibson If you have guest recommendations or feedback you can reach out to me on LinkedIn or ResearchGate or fill out this recommendation and feedback form: https://forms.gle/wWJLVSEYe7S8Cd248