Journals with open-discussion forums are excellent educational resources for peer review training exercises

Journals with open-discussion forums lend themselves well for peerreview exercises to train early career scientists. Earth System Science Data(ESSD) is an open-access journal for the publication of interdisciplinarydatasets and articles, and it is thus an example of an educational resource inthe peer review process. We offer our experiences in peer review trainingwith manuscripts submitted to ESSD, and we do so from the disparateperspectives of workshop instructor, student, and author. We then providerecommendations for the structure of a peer review workshop. We seek topromote the use of open-discussion forums, including ESSD, for educationalpurposes, as they can provide mutual benefits to trainees, authors,reviewers, and editors.

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Journals with open-discussion forums, such as Earth System Science Data (ESSD), are suitable for peer review training for early career scientists. This article presents the authors' experiences in conducting peer review workshops using manuscripts submitted to ESSD from the perspectives of workshop instructor, student, and author, and provides recommendations for the structure of such workshops. The authors aim to promote the use of open-discussion forums, including ESSD, for educational purposes, as they offer mutual benefits to trainees, authors, reviewers, and editors.