One of the Informing Science Institute’s core principles is to mentor our colleagues to become better and better, better as an author, as a reviewer, as an editor, and even better as an editor-in-chief. When an EiC approves new reviewers, the system appoints them as Associate Reviewers initially. When an Associate Reviewer has completed two reviews, the system will notify the EiC with an email that asks if they wish to promote the Associate Reviewer to Reviewer. Thus, you can better focus your attention on mentoring the newest reviewers.

Those who serve successfully as a reviewer for us understand and embrace our philosophy as well as how to use our paper review system. One way to express thanks for jobs well done is public recognition. We do that by promoting from associate to full to senior levels of reviewer, editor, and editor-in-chief, and showing the promotions on our public website.