JBJS is pleased once again to highlight our Elite Reviewers. The Elite Reviewers Program recognizes our best reviewers for their outstanding efforts. All JBJS reviewers help us maintain the highest standards for quality orthopaedic publishing.
Name:
Professor Kerr Graham
Affiliation:
Royal Children’s Hospital
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI)
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Years in practice: 43
How did you begin reviewing for other journals and for JBJS in particular?
I think my first invitation to review for JBJS came after my first published paper in JBJS. That has been a similar pattern with other journals.
What is your top piece of advice for those reviewers who aspire to reach Elite status?
I consider reviewing to be a privilege and a serious academic responsibility. I try to give JBJS reviews the first/best part of my working day, after any urgent clinical matters. Early mornings are best when the hospital is quiet and competing demands are fewer. I remember well, being the young researcher avidly checking for a reply and a decision on a submitted paper. So, knowing that I have accepted the responsibility I try to discharge that responsibility as quickly as possible. This is for the efficiency of the journal’s operations and to show the hard-working authors my respect for their efforts.
Aside from orthopaedic manuscripts, what have you been reading lately?
The classics (Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, Dickens, Emerson, Thoreau) and a lot of Poetry (Heaney, Auden, Larkin, Whitman, Eliot, Dickinson). Travel books: anything by Paul Theroux dreaming about being able to travel again, post Covid-19.
Learn more about the JBJS Elite Reviewers program.