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Why early-career researchers should step up to the peer-review plate

Science benefits when junior scientists sign up as reviewers. It’s also good for their careers.
  1. Amber Dance

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Seyedali Mirjalili had just received his master’s degree in computer science in 2011 when he received his first invitation to peer review a paper.

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Nature 602, 169-171 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00216-1

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