Review of Scholarship Published in The Peer Review

Rabail Qayyum

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Review of Scholarship Published in The Peer Review

Rabail Qayyum

Abstract

As my nearly four-year term as a graduate co-editor with The Peer Review ( TPR ) is coming to an end, I considered it an opportunity to assess the journal’s contribution to the field in some way. Through brainstorming ideas with the rest of the editorial team, I decided to identify and track key themes addressed in TPR articles, exploring main topics of conversation that we have published during this time; in essence tracing the themes that I helped give voice to through my role. Given the significance of timely review of scholarship to take stock of the field, in this article, I present a brief content analysis of selective scholarship published in TPR journal in an approximately two-and-a-half-year period ranging from Winter 2023 to Fall 2025. This content analysis is meant to highlight popular thematic trends. I identified a total of 14 themes in 27 articles published in four regular issues. From this small data set, tutor professional development emerged as the predominant theme. More than half of other themes—such as institutional assessment, oral histories, and African American writers, among others—appeared just once. Given that the journal places a concerted effort to welcome and support emerging voices in the field, these findings not only shine a light on what is worthwhile to this group but also points to where the field is likely headed (presuming these authors continue to grow and publish). I hope both new and established scholars will turn to this analysis when writing new articles or designing new studies. Journal editors may also find this analysis relevant to understand broad publishing trends.

Journal: The Peer Review
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Topics: assessment professional writing race and writing book reviews
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