TY - JOUR
T1 - A Mentoring Opportunity
T2 - A Joint Effort in Writing Letters of Recommendation
AU - Master, Zubin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Taylor and Francis Inc.
PY - 2017/1/2
Y1 - 2017/1/2
N2 - Integrity in writing letters of recommendation is important to academic research because it is an influential criterion used pervasively in peer review. While research in the integrity of recommendation letters has concentrated on contents of the letter, bias, and reliability, few have questioned the process of letter writing. Here, I argue that letter writing should be a joint opportunity between mentor/supervisor/advisor and trainee. It results in more compelling letters, may prevent errors and the use of biased language, and serves as an excellent mentoring opportunity promoting self-reflection.
AB - Integrity in writing letters of recommendation is important to academic research because it is an influential criterion used pervasively in peer review. While research in the integrity of recommendation letters has concentrated on contents of the letter, bias, and reliability, few have questioned the process of letter writing. Here, I argue that letter writing should be a joint opportunity between mentor/supervisor/advisor and trainee. It results in more compelling letters, may prevent errors and the use of biased language, and serves as an excellent mentoring opportunity promoting self-reflection.
KW - Letters of recommendation
KW - RCR education and instruction
KW - mentoring
KW - peer review
KW - plagiarism
KW - research integrity
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U2 - 10.1080/08989621.2016.1214583
DO - 10.1080/08989621.2016.1214583
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 27438533
AN - SCOPUS:84989237429
SN - 0898-9621
VL - 24
SP - 52
EP - 59
JO - Accountability in Research
JF - Accountability in Research
IS - 1
ER -